| Name(s) |
GAJANAN MADHAV
MUKTIBODH |
| Date of
Birth |
November 13, 1917 |
| Date of
Death |
September 11, 1964 |
|
Identity |
Indian Hindi poet,
essayist, literary and political critic, and fiction writer of
the 20th century. |
|
Other Events &
Developments |
- He is widely considered one of the pioneers of modern
poetry in India, and doyen of Hindi poetry after, Surya Kant
Tripathi 'Nirala'.
- He was the mainstay of Prayogvaad Experimentalism
movement of Hindi literature.
- His work marked the culmination of this literary
movement and its evolution into the Nayi Kahani and Nayi
Kavita Modernism in 1950s.
- A Hindi feature film, Satah Se Uthata Aadmi
(Arising from the Surface), with script and dialogues by
him, was directed by veteran film director, Mani Kaul, and
shown at Cannes Film Festival in 1981.
- In 2004, "Brahmarakshas ka Shishya", a
dramatizaton of Muktibodh's story, was presented in New
Delhi by Soumyabrata Choudhury.
- His novel, Vipatra has also been made
into an audio book for the blind.
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