Kedarnath singh biography examples

Indian writer

Kedarnath Singh (7 July – 19 March ) was an Indian poet who wrote in Hindi.^[1] He was also an eminent critic and essayist.

He was awarded the Jnanpith Award (), Sahitya Akademi Award () in Hindi for his poetry collection, Akaal Mein Saras (Cranes in Drought).

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Early life

He was born on 7 July in village Chakia of (Bairia) Ballia District in Eastern Uttar Pradesh^[2] in Gautam Rajput^[3] family. He completed his graduation from Udai Pratap College, Varanasi.

He passed M.A. from Kashi Hindu Vishwavidyalaya and did his Ph.D. from the same university.

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In Gorakhpur, he spent some time as a Hindi Teacher and went to Jawaharlal Nehru University, where he served as a professor and the head of department of Hindi Language in Indian Languages Center and retired as a professor from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.

He lived in New Delhi. He died on 19 March in Delhi.^[4][5]

Poetic style

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