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Neelabh Ashk (16 August 1945 – 23 July 2016) was an Indian Hindi language poet, journalist, and translator. He published various poetry collections. He is best known for translating the works of notable authors like Arundhati Roy, Salman Rushdie, William Shakespeare, Bertolt Brecht, and Mikhail Lermontov.
Ashk married two times. He separated from his first wife, after she died, he married second time girl named Bhumika Dwivedi Ashk, another writer, artist and social worker . He left his parental home of Allahabad and moved to Delhi. Ashk died at his Delhi residence on the morning of 23 July 2016 after a long illness at the age of 70. His funeral took place the same afternoon at Nigam Bodh Ghat. Various authors and writer's associations expressed grief on his death. On his death, contemporary Hindi poet Manglesh Dabral said that he lived an "unfulfilled life" and praised his "deep knowledge" of the English, Hindi, Urdu, and Punjabi languages. Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari, chairperson of Sahitya Akademi called him "a revolutionary poet".
Ashk authored a popular book called Hindi Sahitya Ka Maukhik Itihaas published by Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya. He also maintained a blog "Neelabh ka Morcha". He edited the periodicals Natrang and Rang-Prasang, the later being published by the National School of Drama. He also wrote scripts for television, radios, and plays.
His first poetry collection, Sansmarnarambha, was published in the 1970s and was well received. His Hindi poetry collections are:
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