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Awadhesh Kumar Tripathi

Areas of Interest & Expertise

  • Cultural Studies
  • Literary Criticism
  • Modern Hindi Literature
  • Modern Poetry
  • Translation Studies

Biography

Awadhesh is part of the Translations Initiative at the University. 

After completing a postgraduation in Hindi literature from Allahabad University, Awadhesh completed his PhD from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi on Critique of Indian Democracy in Post-Independence Hindi Poetry in 2010. 

He started his career as a journalist with Prabhat Khabar and Tehelka. He was part of Sahapedia, an open encyclopedic resource on the arts, cultures and histories of India. 

He started teaching in 2013. He has taught at Assam University Diphu Campus (AUDC)(2013 – 2016) and at Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University Delhi (2016 –22). He developed and taught different core and elective courses here.

Apart from core discipline Hindi literature courses and compulsory courses like Poetics and History of Hindi Literature, some of the elective courses were Bhartiya Evam Vishwa Sahitya, Introduction to Dalit Literature through Poetry (bilingual course), Sahitya mein samaanya aur manovikshep ki samajh, Hindi, Urdu, Hindustani: Language Debates through Literature.

Publications

Monographs

  • Tripathi, A. (2019). कविता का लोकतंत्र . Vidhya Books.
  • Tripathi, A. (2010). गोरख की काव्य‑दृष्टि और रचना संसार. Sahityavani Prakashan. 

Edited Books

  • Tripathi, A. (Ed.). (2013). गोरख पांडेय की समग्र कवितायेँ. Samskritik Samkul.
  • Tripathi, A. (Ed.). (2002). समय का पहिया. Samvad Prakashan.

Translated Books (English to Hindi):

  • Kudaisya, G. (2022). 1950 का दशक: भारतीय गणतंत्र का उदय ( A. Tripathi, Trans.). Oxford University Press. (Original work published in 2017).
  • Pandey, G. (2017). अस्तितवाद में अलगाव की धारणा (A. Tripathi, G. Pradhan, & M. Tripathi, Trans.). Aakar Books. 
  • Devy, G.N. (2015). विस्मृति के बाद: भारतीय साहित्यालोचना में परंपरा और प्रगति (A. Tripathi, Trans.). Vani Prakashan. (Original work published in 1992).
  • Sharma, K., Tomlinson, A., & Fin, M. (2009). प्रेस की आज़ादी (A. Tripathi, Trans.). Human Rights Law Network. 

Book Chapters

  • Tripathi, A. (2017). रामविलास शर्मा: प्रतिमानों से बहस . In Raviranjan (Ed.), भारतीय नवजागरण और रामविलास शर्मा का चिंतन .Hind Yugma Prakashan. 
  • Tripathi, A. (2018). गोरख का वैचारिक पक्ष. In G.Pradhan, & R. Ranjan (Eds.), गोरख पांडेय : व्यक्तित्व और रचना. Abhidha Prakashan.
  • Tripathi, A. (2018). अलोक धन्वा: अपार करुणा के कवि. In D. Kumar (Ed.), समकालीन हिंदी कविता का परिसर. Shabd Sandhan Prakashan.

Magazine Articles

  • Tripathi, A.(2012). लोकतंत्र के पक्ष में कविता का हलफनामा. शोध श्री, 1.
  • Tripathi, A.(2012, May). चमत्कार है इस माटी में: नागार्जुन की किसान चेतना. कथादेश.
  • Tripathi, A. (2010). निर्मल वर्मा : राष्ट्र‑राज्य का ऐतिहासिक परिप्रेक्ष्य. बहुवचन, 24.

Encyclopedia Entries

  • Tripathi, A. (2019). Hindi Sahitya Jnan Kosh (Encyclopedia of Hindi Literature), S. Singh (Ed.) Vani Prakashan. [Contributed entries on poetics: Alankar Siddhant (Rhetorical principle); Kavya ki Aatma (Essence of poetry); Nandi (Invocation); Natya Vrittiyan (Dramatics); Nayika Bhed (Classification of heroines), Roopak Katha (Allegory tale); Vatsalya Rasa (Emotion of parents love towards their kids); Sankalam Traya (Unity of time, space and action in the playwriting); Samasokti (Speech of brevity).]

Paper Presentations

  • Tripathi, A. (2020). Cross-cultural Translations: A Perspective from Bhasha, Translation across Time and Space, Indiana University India Gateway, Delhi.
  • Tripathi, A. (2019). Indic Knowledge System, the Canon and the Poetry of Ghagh, Literary Commons: Comparative Frames, Ambedkar University Delhi, Delhi.
  • Tripathi, A. (2012). Murdahiya: A Milestone in Dalit Autobiographies, Ambedkar aur Dalit Sahitya, Ambedkar University, Delhi.
  • Tripathi, A. (2012). Romance of Delhi: The City in the Writings of William Dalrymple and Shamshur Rahman Farooqi, (jointly with Kanika Singh), in Cityscapes: Delhi through Narratives, Janki Devi Memorial College, Delhi University, Delhi. 
  • Tripathi, A. (2011). Tab e‑shayar ka watan iske siva aur nahin (A Poet Has No Alternative For His Country), Faiz Ahmed Faiz’s Poetry, Ambedkar University Delhi, Delhi.

Lectures

  • Tripathi, A. (2019). [Discussant]. Dispatches from the Badlands: Bundelkhands Glocal Story with Khabarlahariya. Centre for Writing, Ashoka University.
  • Tripathi, A. (2019). Paryatan ke Vikas Mein Sanskritik Kalaroopon ki Bhumika (Role of Cultural Art Forms in the Development of Tourism), Dayalbagh Educational Institute, Agra. 
  • Tripathi, A. (2019). Kavita ke samajik sarokar (Social commitments of poetry), University of Allahabad. 2018 
  • Tripathi, A. (2017). Global Gaon mein Hindi (Hindi in the Global Village), MMH PG College Ghaziabad. 2017 
  • Tripathi, A. (2012). Media ki Samajik Chunautiyan: Sankat aur Sambhavnaye Impartiality vs Commitment: Struggle Between Ethical Values in Journalism, Dayalbagh Educational Institute, Agra.
  • Tripathi, A. (2012). Bhasha Vasudha: Global Language Meet, Oral Traditions in Awadhi, Bhasha Research and Publication Center, Vadodara. 2012 

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