# Giriraj Kishore

> Giriraj Kishore was an Indian writer, who was awarded the Padma Shri by the president of India in 2007. He lived in Kanpur and served as the registrar of IIT Kanpur. He was given the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1992, the Vyas Samman in 2000, and an honorary Ph.D. by Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University in 2002. A road has been named after him in the Civil Lines area of Kanpur known as Padmashri Giriraj Kishore Marg.

*Indian writer (1937-2020)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Writer / Author
- **Category:** Writers
- **Country:** India
- **Born:** 1937-07-08
- **Died:** 2020-02-09
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 38.3 / 100
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- **Historical depth:** 6.2 / 100
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- **Source confidence:** 45.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Sources
- [گریراج کشور](https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%AF%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AC_%DA%A9%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%B1)
- [Giriraj Kishore (writer)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giriraj_Kishore_(writer))
- [Giriraj Kishore (jooftaako)](https://ff.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giriraj_Kishore_(jooftaako))
- [गिरिराज किशोर (साहित्यकार)](https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C_%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B0_(%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0))
- [ਗਿਰੀਰਾਜ ਕਿਸ਼ੋਰ (ਲੇਖਕ)](https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%97%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%B0%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%9C_%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%BC%E0%A9%8B%E0%A8%B0_(%E0%A8%B2%E0%A9%87%E0%A8%96%E0%A8%95))
- [گریراج کشور](https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%AF%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AC_%DA%A9%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%B1)
- [Giriraj Kishore (writer)](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giriraj_Kishore_(writer))
- [கிரிராஜ் கிஷோர்](https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%9C%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B7%E0%AF%8B%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q56253813)

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