Saumitra Saxena
| Saumitra Saxena |
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| Born |
1976 |
| Residence |
United States |
| Ethnicity |
Indian |
| Known for |
Hindi poetry |
Saumitra Saxena (Devanāgarī: सौमित्र सक्सेना, born 1976) is a United States based poet of Indian origin.[1][2] He is one of the widely read poets of Hindi language of present generation. His first collection of poems in Hindi titled "Mitra"[3][4][5] meaning "a friend" was critically acclaimed for which he received the Bharatiya Jnanpith Navlekhan Award in 2008.[3][4][5][6] The book "Mitra" was included in the Library of Congress in 2010 as an important contemporary piece of South Asian literature[7] and is widely distributed across many major libraries of the world.[8] Currently, he lives in Dayton, Ohio with his wife and a son.
References
- ^ (in Hindi) सौमित्र सक्सेना (Abhivyakti), http://www.abhivyakti-hindi.org/lekhak/s/saumitra_saxena.htm, retrieved 2010-04-03
- ^ Saumitra Saxena, http://www.anubhuti-hindi.org/dishantar/s/saumitra_saxena/index.htm, retrieved 2010-04-03
- ^ a b http://www.hindinest.com/ss/ss14.htm
- ^ a b Important Books of 2008, Yahoo! India (in Hindi)
- ^ a b Yahoo! India (in Hindi)
- ^ Jnanpith catalogue 2010 (in Hindi)
- ^ Library of Congress catalogue record 2008306185, http://lccn.loc.gov/2008306185, retrieved 2010-04-03
- ^ Mitra (Book, 2008), WorldCat, http://www.worldcat.org/title/mitra/oclc/234260237, retrieved 2010-04-03
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