Jnanpith Award
1 appearances
-
Edition 49 (2013) Winner
Kedarnath Singh
ケダルナート・シンハ
Kedārnāth Siṃha
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1934-07-07 （Chakia, Ballia District, Uttar Pradesh）
- Died
- 2018-03-19 （New Delhi） age 83
- Nationality
- Indian
- Languages
- Hindi
- Residence History
- Chakia, Ballia District, Uttar Pradesh → Varanasi → Gorakhpur → New Delhi
Career
- Occupations
- Poet, Critic, Essayist, Professor of Hindi
- Active Years
- 1960-2018
- Affiliations
- Jawaharlal Nehru University
- Influenced By
- Ted Hughes
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Udai Pratap College | — | Unknown | 学士 | — | India |
| Kashi Hindu Vishwavidyalaya | — | Hindi | 修士 | — | India |
| Kashi Hindu Vishwavidyalaya | — | Hindi | 博士 | — | India |
Udai Pratap College
Unknown
Degree:
学士
Country:
India
in Varanasi
Kashi Hindu Vishwavidyalaya
Hindi
Degree:
修士
Country:
India
Kashi Hindu Vishwavidyalaya
Hindi
Degree:
博士
Country:
India
Ph.D.
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Sahitya Akademi Award | Akaal Mein Saras | — | Sahitya Akademi | 受賞 |
| 2013 | Jnanpith Award | — | — | Bharatiya Jnanpith | 受賞 |
| 1997 | Vyas Samman | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| — | Kumaran Asan World Prize | — | — | — | 受賞 |
Sahitya Akademi Award
1989
Work:
Akaal Mein Saras
Organization:
Sahitya Akademi
Result:
受賞
Jnanpith Award
2013
Organization:
Bharatiya Jnanpith
Result:
受賞
Vyas Samman
1997
Result:
受賞
Kumaran Asan World Prize
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Bagh
1984 Long PoemA long poem with the tiger as its central character, one of the most widely read in Hindi literature.
Presence and absenceLove and lossAnxieties and questions
Akaal Mein Saras
Poetry CollectionCranes in Drought.
DroughtNature
Bibliography
- Abhi Bilkul Abhi
- Zameen Pak Rahi Hai
- Yahan Se Dekho
- Akaal Mein Saaras
- Bagh
- Tolstoy Aur Cycle
- Mere Samay Ke Shabd
- Kalpana Aur Chhayavad
- Hindi Kavita Mein Bimb Vidhan
- Kabristan Mein Panchayat
- Taana Baana
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Simple, everyday languageImages that string together to convey complex themes
- Recurring Motifs
- TigerCranesPresence and absence
Legacy
Eminent Hindi poet awarded the Jnanpith Award, known as a master of modern Hindi poetry.
Quotes
-
He was a poet of both presence and absence, of love and loss, of anxieties and questions...
Source: Ashok Vajpayee (2018)
Trivia
- Born into a Gautam Rajput family.