Sarveshwar Dayal Saxena
Sarveshwar Dayal Saxena (15 September 1927 – 23 September 1983) was a Hindi writer, poet, columnist and playwright. He was one of the seven poets who first published in one of the "Tar Saptaks", which ushered in the 'Prayogvaad' (Experimentalism) era, which in time evolved to become the "Nayi Kavita" (New Poetry) movement. Basti a city, in Uttar Pradesh he received his education at Banaras Hindu University, and Allahabad University.
Sarveshwar Dayal Saxena
- Born
- 1927
- Died
- 1983 · Delhi.
- Nationality
- India · British Raj · Dominion of India
- Occupation
- writer · poet
- Education
- University of Allahabad · Banaras Hindu University
- Known for
- Khuntion Par Tange Log
- Honours
- Sahitya Akademi Award
- Languages
- Hindi
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Sarveshwar Dayal Saxena (15 September 1927 – 23 September 1983) was a Hindi writer, poet, columnist and playwright. He was one of the seven poets who first published in one of the "Tar Saptaks", which ushered in the 'Prayogvaad' (Experimentalism) era, which in time evolved to become the "Nayi Kavita" (New Poetry) movement. Basti a city, in Uttar Pradesh he received his education at Banaras Hindu University, and Allahabad University.
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Today he is considered a very important political poet. He won the Sahitya Akademi Award for his Poetry collection, Khutiyon Par Tange Log ("People Hanging From Pegs"). His short story, Bakri ("Scapegoat"), has been adapted as 'kuri.com', in Kannada, by M.S.Sathyu, has been staged many times over the year, with revised adaptations, starting from the Emergency period (1975–77), when it was used as a political lampoon, it has also been presented as a folk play. His other noted plays are, Lakh Ki Naak, Hawalat and Bhaun Bhaun Khaun Khaun. Saxena even wrote Mukti ki Aakanksha that showed the need of independency during his time. One of his poems has been turned into an animation short, by Siddhartha Pratap Singh, titled Apni Bitiya Ke Liye Ek Kavita. He also wrote 'Sham Ek Kishan'. He also wrote many children's poem of which Ibn batuta ka juta is the popular one. He edited the children's magazine Parag.
• Sarveshwar Dayal Saxena at Kavita Kosh • Four Poems by Sarveshwar Dayal Saxena • Suraj Ko Nahi Doobne Doonga, A Poem by Sarveshwar Dayal Saxena
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- 1.New Poetry in Hindi by Lucy Rosenstein, Wimbledon Publishing Company, 2004. .
- 2.Sarveshwar Dayal Saxena-Profile and Works www.anubhuti-hindi.org.
- 3.Four Hindi Poets Journal article by Shrikant Verma; World Literature Today, Vol. 68, 1994.
- 4.Scapegoat Kuri in Kannada mean goat, The Times of India, 12 December 2001
- 5.Nautanki from Kanpur, World Theatre Day The Indian Express, 14 March 2006,
- 6.The Hindu, 30 June 2006.
- 7.Natrang stages 'Hawalat', Jammu Daily Excelsior, 24 July 2005.
- 8.Kalamandira, Mysore The Hindu, 4 December 2004.
- 9.Sadho Poetry Film Fest The Hindu, 13 October 2007.
- 10.Jośī, sampādana, Niraṅkāra Deva Sevaka, Kr̥shṇa Kumāra; citrāṅkana, Jagadīśa. Mahake sārī galī galī : bīsavīṃ sadī kī śreshṭha Hindī bāla-kavitāoṃ kā saṅkalana. Neśanala Buka Ṭrasṭa. 51. 1996. 9788123717326.
- 11.Vimarsh, Shiksha. प्रो कृष्णकुमार से बातचीत.pdf. Google Docs(Pg -5).
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- People Hanging From Pegs by Sarveshwar Dayal Saxena, Tr. Kedar Nath Komal, 1991, Sahitya Akademi, .
- New Poetry in Hindi: Nayi Kavita in Hindi: An Anthology, translated by Lucy Rosenstein, Wimbledon Publishing Company, 2004. .
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