Kailash Vajpeyi, Renowned Hindi poet passes away

April 3, 2015

Kailash Vajpeyi, renowned Hindi poet passed away on 1 April 2015 in New Delhi due to cardiac arrest.
He was one of the prominent poets in a group known as San saatth ke baad ki kavita (Post-1960 poetry) that had shaped Hindi literature.
About Kailash Vajpeyi

Kailash Vajpeyi was born at Hamirpur district of Uttar Pradesh in 1936.
He had completed his PhD in Hindi at the age of 24. He began his career as a journalist and later taught at Delhi University.
In his entire career, 28 books were published including 14 volumes of poetry.
Some of his notable works includes Sankrant, Dehant Se Hatkar, Teesra Andhera and Sufinama.
Awards- He was conferred with Sahitya Akademi award (2009) for his work Hawa mein hastakshar (Signature in the air). Lucknow University had awarded him with Vachaspati title.

« Previous Post Next Post »