Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rawat Saraswat

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The result was keep. Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 14:11, 13 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Rawat Saraswat

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~~No evidence or assertion of notability.~~ Paradoctor (talk) 12:37, 6 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Authors, Poetry, and India. Paradoctor (talk) 12:37, 6 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Keep by virtue of winning the Sahitya Akademi Award. Mccapra (talk) 20:07, 6 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Rajasthan-related deletion discussions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 20:22, 6 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. While this article obviously needs a ton of work, this poet won a major literary award and has works represented in Modern Indian Literature, an Anthology: Surveys and Poems and Contemporary Rajasthani Poetry. I'm also finding plenty of citations referencing his work in older academic searches (b/c he died in 1989 his work isn't generally online, although Google Books hits on a good bit of stuff). I've added more information and citations to the article but it still needs work. Per Wikipedia:Notability (people), notability is proved by someone receiving "a well-known and significant award or honor" and the Sahitya Akademi Award definitely counts as that. I'd also argue he "created or played a major role in co-creating a significant or well-known work or collective body of work" for his studying and bringing Rajasthani literature to wider attention.--SouthernNights (talk) 20:33, 6 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Retract WP:NAUTHOR concerns have been addressed to my satisfaction. Paradoctor (talk) 21:13, 6 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Keep I believe that the subject satisfies WP:NAUTHOR since scholarly publications refer to him as 'an eminent writer in Rajasthani", "distinuished scholar of Rajasthani" etc; he has a state level journalism award named after him; and, he seems to bea go-to writer/editor for chapters on modern Rajasthani literature and anthologies, respectively.

That said, I don't believe that he won the Sahitya Akademi Award! Per the author-bio in Modern Indian Literature, an Anthology: Surveys and poems (p. 997), Saraswat won a Rajasthan Sahitya Akademi award (note that this bio was published a few years after the subject's death, and is therefore unlikely to have pre-dated or missed mentioninng the national level award) and I haven't located any source that says otherwise. Pinging @Mccapra and SouthernNights: in case this affects their !vote or if they have other sources for the award. Abecedare (talk) 02:27, 11 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

After digging more into the award I agree with your assessment. But I still believe all the other info still proves his notability, as you said.--SouthernNights (talk) 17:06, 11 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for clarifying that. Given that it’s still a state award and given what else we know about the subject, my !vote is still to keep. Mccapra (talk) 14:53, 12 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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