What is Giriraj Kishore (writer)?
'''Giriraj Kishore''' (8 July 1937 – 9 February 2020) was an Indian writer.<ref>{{cite web |title=Writers hurt by Sahitya Akademi's silence on killings: Giriraj Kishore |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/writers-hurt-by-sahitya-akademis-silence-on-killings-giriraj-kishore/articleshow/49275627.cms |website=The Economic Times |access-date=9 September 2018 |date=8 October 2015}}</ref> He was awarded the [[Padma Shri]] by [[President of India|President]] [[A. P. J. Abdul Kalam]] IN 2007.<ref>{{cite book |title=Pratiyogita Darpan |date=2007 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5ugDAAAAMBAJ&dq=Padma+Shri+Giriraj+Kishore&pg=PT26 |access-date=9 September 2018 |language=en|last1=Darpan |first1=Pratiyogita }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Gandhian writes to President for returning Padma Shri&nbsp;— Rediff.com India News |url=http://www.rediff.com/news/report/auction-issue-gandhian-writes-to-president-for-returning-padmashree/20120418.htm |website=www.rediff.com |access-date=9 September 2018}}</ref> 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. He was born in [[Muzzafarnagar]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], India. Kishore worked at different posts as an officer in the government, including as registrar of Kanpur University ([[Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University]]) and the [[Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur]] in a career spanning more than 30 years.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://dora.iitk.ac.in/dora/data/grapevine_III_2006_07.pdf |title=Grapevines - IIT Kanpur |access-date=2020-02-10 |archive-date=2018-09-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180913092600/https://dora.iitk.ac.in/dora/data/grapevine_III_2006_07.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was formerly a member of the [[Sahitya Akademi]] working committee, and the [[Railway Board]] of GOI. Kishore died on 9 February 2020 in [[Kanpur]], Uttar Pradesh at the age of 82.<ref>[https://www.newsnation.in/cities/others/giriraj-kish