| Name(s) |
MAHADEVI VERMA |
| Date of
Birth |
March 26, 1907
- Farrukhabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. |
| Date of
Death |
September 11, 1987
- Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. |
|
Identity |
Indian Hindi
Poetess and Freedom Fighter. |
|
Other Events &
Developments |
- She also was a women's activist and educationist.
- She was a major poet of the Chhayavaad generation,
a period of romanticism in Modern Hindi poetry ranging from
1914-1938.
- She is considered to be one of the four major poets of
the Chhayavaadi school of the Hindi literature, others being
Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala', Jaishankar Prasad and
Sumitranandan Pant.
- She was a prominent poet in Hindi Kavi sammelans
(Gatherings of poets).
- She was also a noted painter.
- She was the Principal, and then the Vice Chancellor of
Prayag Mahila Vidyapeeth, a woman's residential college in
Allahabad.
- She was awarded India's highest literary award, for
lifetime achievement, the Sahitya Akademi Fellowship in
1979, followed by the Jnanpith Award in 1982. She was the
recipient of the Padma Vibhushan, India's second-highest
civilian award, in 1988.
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Awards & Accolades |
- PADMA VIBHUSHAN - 1988
- Jnanpith Award - 1982
- Sahitya Akademi Fellowship - 1979
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