Raghuvir Sahay
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Raghuvir Sahay (1929–1990) was a versatile Hindi poet
Poet
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, short-story writer
Writer
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, essayist, literary critic, translator, and journalist
Journalist
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. He remained the chief-editor of noted, political-social, Hindi weekly, Dinmaan, 1969–82.

He was awarded the 1984 Sahitya Akademi Award
Sahitya Akademi Award
Sahitya Akademi Award is a literary honor in India which Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, annually confers on writers of outstanding works in one of the following twenty-four major Indian languagesAssamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri, English, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri,...

 in Hindi for his poetry collection, Log Bhool Gaye Hain (लोग भूल गये हैं) (They Have Forgotten,- 1982),.

His other noted works are Atmahatya Ke Viruddh (आत्महत्या के विरुद्ध), Hanso Hanso Jaldi Hanso (हँसो हँसो जल्दी हँसो) and Seedhiyon Par Dhoop Mein (सीढ़ियों पर धूप में).

Further reading

  • Raghuvir Sahay ki kavyanubhuti aur Kavyabhasha, by Anantakirti Tiwari. 1996, Visvavidyalaya Prakasan
  • Raghuvir Sahay aur Malyaz ka Alochana Karam, "Kavita aur Samay" by Arun Kamal.

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