| Names |
SUMITRANANDAN PANT |
| Date of Birth |
May 20, 1900
at Kausani village, Almora District, Uttarakhand, India. |
| Date of
Death |
December 28, 1977,
at Rajamundry, Andhra Pradesh, India.
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|
Identity |
Hindi
Poet |
|
Date-wise Events / Works |
He authored 28
published works including poetry, verse plays and essays.
He composed the Kulgeet of IIT Roorkee, "Jayati
Jayati Vidya Sansthan".
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| Special Achievements
/ Events |
- One of the most famous modern Hindi
poets.
- He is considered one of the major poets of the
Chhayavaadi school of Hindi literature.
- He mostly wrote in Sanskritized Hindi.
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| Awards
and Accolades |
- Pant was the first Hindi poet to receive the
Jnanpith Award, in 1968. He did so for a collection
of his most famous poems, titled Chidambara.
- He was awarded the Nehru Peace Prize by
the Soviet Union for Lokayatan.
- Sahitya Kala Academy award for "Kala
Aur Budhdha Chand".
- Indian Government honored him with 'Padma
Vibhushan'.
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|
Commemorations |
His childhood house, in
Kausani, has been converted into a museum. This
museum displays his daily use articles, drafts of his poems,
letters, his awards etc.
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