Raghuvir Sahay
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Raghuvir Sahay (1929–1990) was a versatile Hindi poet
, short-story writer
, essayist, literary critic, translator, and journalist
. He remained the chief-editor of noted, political-social, Hindi weekly, Dinmaan, 1969–82.
He was awarded the 1984 Sahitya Akademi Award
in Hindi for his poetry collection, Log Bhool Gaye Hain (लोग भूल गये हैं) (They Have Forgotten,- 1982),.
His other noted works are Atmahatya Ke Viruddh (आत्महत्या के विरुद्ध), Hanso Hanso Jaldi Hanso (हँसो हँसो जल्दी हँसो) and Seedhiyon Par Dhoop Mein (सीढ़ियों पर धूप में).
Poet
A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
, short-story writer
Writer
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, essayist, literary critic, translator, and journalist
Journalist
A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
. He remained the chief-editor of noted, political-social, Hindi weekly, Dinmaan, 1969–82.
He was awarded the 1984 Sahitya Akademi Award
Sahitya Akademi Award
Sahitya Akademi Award is a literary honor in India which Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, annually confers on writers of outstanding works in one of the following twenty-four major Indian languagesAssamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri, English, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri,...
in Hindi for his poetry collection, Log Bhool Gaye Hain (लोग भूल गये हैं) (They Have Forgotten,- 1982),.
His other noted works are Atmahatya Ke Viruddh (आत्महत्या के विरुद्ध), Hanso Hanso Jaldi Hanso (हँसो हँसो जल्दी हँसो) and Seedhiyon Par Dhoop Mein (सीढ़ियों पर धूप में).
Further reading
- Raghuvir Sahay ki kavyanubhuti aur Kavyabhasha, by Anantakirti Tiwari. 1996, Visvavidyalaya Prakasan
- Raghuvir Sahay aur Malyaz ka Alochana Karam, "Kavita aur Samay" by Arun Kamal.