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Vishnu Khare (9 February 1940 – 19 September 2018) was a Hindi poet, translator, literary and film critic, journalist and scriptwriter. He wrote both in Hindi and English. He taught English literature at university level, served as the Programme Secretary of Sahitya Akademi and was editor of the Hindi daily Navbharat Times" in Lucknow, Jaipur and New Delhi.
Vishnu Khare died on 19 September 2018 due to a brain haemorrhage in New Delhi.
Vishnu Khare published five collections of poetry, Pathantar (2008) being the latest, and a book of criticism Alochana kee Pahlee Kitaab. He was a prolific translator in Hindi from English, German and other European and Asian languages.
He is the recipient of the Raza Fellowship (2016) for his uncompleted book of translations of Muktibodh’s poetry in English.