K. K. Srivastava
# K. K. Srivastava

Kuldeep Kumar Srivastava (born 1960) is an Indian poet and author. He has written three volumes of poetry and a literary semi-autobiographical non-fiction. Srivastava is the former Additional Deputy Comptroller and Auditor General in the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India, New Delhi.

## Early life and career

Srivastava was born in 1960 in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. He received his master's degree in economics in 1980 from Gorakhpur University and joined Civil Services in 1983. His first poetry book Ineluctable Stillness came in 2005 followed by two more poetry collections and a semi-autobiographical non-fiction.

Srivastava wrote Soliloquy of a Small-Town Uncivil Servant, a literary non-fiction published in March 2019.

Srivastava is known for his incisive book reviews and articles published in The Pioneer, The Daily Star and Kitaab Singapore.

His poems have been translated into Hindi (Andhere Se Nikli Kavitayen—Nardeo Sharma and Jaswinder Singh) (2017) and his book Shadows of the Real was translated into Russian language by veteran Russian poet Adolf Shvedchikov.

As Principal Accountant General, he headed big offices in States like Kerala, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar and Jharkhand.

