A Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award winner, Kashinath Singh is a professor of Hindi language in Banaras Hindu University. He is also a prolific writer, known for his novels like Kashi Ka Assi (2004), Apna Morcha (2007), Pratinidhi Kahaniyan (2008), and Lekhak ki Chhrechhaar (2012).

His book Kashi Ka Assi has been adapted into a film Mohalla Assi in 2018. The film stars Sunny Deol in the lead role.