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Sumitranandan Pant – The Great Indian Poet of the “Chhayavaadi” School
Quick Facts Name: Sumitranandan Pant
Birth Name: Gosain Dutt
Famous As: Poet
Birth Date: 20 May 1900 (Bageshwar, Uttarakhand)
Died On: 28 December 1977
Nationality: Indian
Awards: Sahitya Akademi Award (1960); Padma Bhushan...
Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai – The Great Indian Writer who Brought International Recognition to Malayalam Literature
Quick Facts Name: Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai
Also Known As: Kerala Maupassant
Pen Name: Thakazhi
Famous As: Novelist
Birth Date: 17 April 1912
Birth Place: Thakazhi Village, Alappuzha District, Kerala
Died On: 10 April 1999
Nationality: Indian
Spouse: Karthyayani Amma
Awards:...
Rahul Sankrityayan – The Genius Who Was Also The Father of Indian Travel Literature
Quick Facts Name: Rahul Sankrityayan
Birth Name: Kedarnath Pandey
Also Known As: "Father of Indian Travel Literature”, “Mahapandit”
Famous As: Travel Writer, Historian
Birth Date: 9 April 1893
Birth Place: Pandaha Village, Azamgarh...
Sachchidananda Hirananda Vatsyayan ‘Agyeya’ – The Great Indian Revolutionary who made lasting contributions to Hindi Literature
Quick Facts Full Name: Sachchidananda Hirananda Vatsyayan
Pen Name: Ajneya
Famous As: Writer, Critic, Revolutionary
Birth Date: 7 March 1911
Birth Place: Kasya, Kushinagar District, Uttar Pradesh
Died On: 4 April 1987
Nationality: Indian
Awards:...
Vishnu Vāman Shirwādkar ‘Kusumagraj’ – The Eminent Poet, Playwright and Novelist, Who Was the Shakespeare of Marathi Literature
Quick Facts Name: Vishnu Vāman Shirwādkar
Better Known As: Kusumagraj
Famous As: Poet
Nationality: Indian
Birth Date: 27 February 1912 (Pune, Maharashtra)
Died On: 10 March 1999
Awards: Sahitya Akademi Award (1974), Jnanpith Award...
Dr. Bhabendra Nath Saikia – The Legendary Award-Winning Writer and Filmmaker from Assam
Quick Facts Name: Bhabendra Nath Saikia
Famous As: Teacher, Filmmaker, Writer
Nationality: Indian
Birth Date: 20 February 1932 (Nagaon, Assam)
Died On: 13 August 2003
Awards: Sahitya Akademi Award (1976), Padma Shri...
Jibanananda Das – The Greatest Modern Poet of Bengal in the Post-Tagore Era
Quick Facts Name: Jibanananda Das
Famous As: Poet
Nationality: Indian
Birth Date: 17 February 1899
Birth Place: Barisal, Bengal Presidency, British India (now in Bangladesh)
Died On: 22 October 1954 (aged 55)
Awards: Sahitya...
Subhash Mukhopadhyay – Indian Poet who Bridged a Root Between Poetry and Politics
Quick Facts Name: Subhash Mukhopadhyay
Also Known As: Podatik Kobi
Famous As: Poet
Nationality: Indian
Birth Date: 12 February 1919 (Krishnanagar, West Bengal)
Died On: 8 July 2003
Awards: Sahitya Akademi Award (1964), Jnanpith Award (1991), Padma...
Gopi Chand Narang – Indian Theorist who Brought to India the Beauty of Urdu Language
Quick Facts Name: Gopi Chand Narang
Famous As: Theorist, Scholar
Nationality: Indian
Birth Date: 11 February 1931
Birth Place: Dukki, British India (Present day Balochistan, Pakistan)
Awards: Ghalib Award (1984), Padma Shri (1990), Sahitya Akademi...
Jagjit Singh – The Music Artist who Lived for Ghazals
Quick Facts Name: Jagjit Singh
Birth Name: Jagmohan Singh Dhiman
Also Known As: Ghazal King
Famous As: Singer
Nationality: Indian
Birth Date: 8 February 1941 (Sri Ganganagar, Rajasthan)
Died On: 10 October 2011
Awards: Sahitya Akademi Award...
Qurratulain Hyder – Most Celebrated Urdu Fiction Writer Till Date
Quick Facts Name: Qurratulain Hyder
Pen Name: Ainee Apa
Famous As: Writer, Author, Novelist
Nationality: Indian
Birth Date: 20 January 1927 (Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh)
Died On: 21 August 2007
Famous Book: Aag...
Kuppali Venkatappa Puttappa – The Story of the Greatest Poet of Kannada Literature and Champion of Social Equality had Utter Passion for his Work
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Quick Facts Full Name: Kuppali Venkatappa Puttappa
Popularly Known As: Kuvempu
Famous As: Novelist
Birth Date: 29 December 1904
Died On: 11 November 1994 (aged 89)
Nationality: Indian
Birth Place: Chikmagalur District, Karnataka
Awards: Sahitya...