Namvar Singh
1927–2019literary critic, linguist and academic (1926–2019)
Reading in Varanasi
15 places on record: 10 bookshops, 5 libraries.
Places from OpenStreetMap; tell us what is missing.
Bookshops 10
- City Book Shopbookshop
- Geeta Pustakalayabookshop
- Harmony Bookshopbookshop
- Pushtak Mandirbookshop
- Saraswati Stationerybookshop
- Silpi Book Stall And Studiobookshop
- Surya Book Storebookshop
- Universal Book Housebookshop
- VIDYARTHI KENDRA (P&D) PVT LTDbookshop
- Vidya Kendra Books and Stationersbookshop
Libraries 5
- Central Librarylibrary
- Cyber Librarylibrary
- Saraswati Bhawan Librarylibrary
- Shrinivas Despande IIT(BHU) Main Librarylibrary
- साइबर लाइब्रेरीlibrary
Writers born here
Jaishankar Prasad
1889–1937poet, dramatist, and novelist of modern Hindi literature (1889–1937)
Premendra Mitra
1904–1988writer and film director
Arun Joshi
1939–1993writer
Sudama Panday 'Dhoomil'
1936–1975poet (1936–1975)
Abdul Batin Nomani
b. 1973mufti and writer
Kshitimohan Sen
1880–1960scholar
Sameer
b. 1958lyricist