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Sumitranandan Pant
Sumitranandan Pant (May 20, 1900 - December 28, 1977) was one of the
most famous modern Hindi poets. He is considered one of the major poets of the
Chhayavaadi school of Hindi literature. Pant mostly wrote in Sanskritized Hindi.
Pant authored twenty eight published works including poetry, verse plays and
essays.
Pant was born at Kausani village of Bageshwar, in the hills of Kumaon. His
mother died within a few hours of his birth. He was given the name Gosain Dutt.
His initial schooling took place in Almora. After matriculation he moved to
Kalakankar near Prayag. He did not like his name so he gave himself a new name "Sumitranandan
Pant".
The mark of the childhood in the hills can be seen in his works and his poems
resound with an echo of the beauty of nature. He was a shy and girlish child and
his classmates often used to tease him calling him 'girl'. For his graduation,
Pant went to Prayag University. On hearing Mahatma Gandhi's call for Satyagraha,
he left college. However, he continued his education by reading English,
Sanskrit and Bengali literature. After some time, he went to Sri Aurobindo's
ashram at Pondicherry.
Apart from Chhayavaadi poems, Pant also wrote progressive, philosophical
(influenced by Sri Aurobindo), socialist and humanist poems.
Pant received Jnanpith Award for collection of his most famous poems, titled
Chidambara. He was awarded Nehru Peace Prize by Soviet Union for Lokayatan.
Pant's 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.
Major works
- Chidambara
- Veena
- Uchchhavaas
- Pallava
- Granthi
- Gunjan
- Lokayatan
- Pallavini
- Madhu Jwala
- Manasi
- Vaani
- Yug Path
- Satyakaam
- Anguthita
- Gramya
- Tarapath
- Muktipath
- Yugant
- Swachchand
