Saumitra Saxena

Saumitra Saxena
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

  1. ↑ सौमित्र सक्सेना (Abhivyakti) (in Hindi), retrieved 2010-04-03
  2. ↑ Saumitra Saxena, retrieved 2010-04-03
  3. 1 2 http://www.hindinest.com/ss/ss14.htm
  4. 1 2 Important Books of 2008, Yahoo! India (in Hindi)
  5. 1 2 Yahoo! India (in Hindi)
  6. ↑ Jnanpith catalogue 2010 (in Hindi)
  7. ↑ Library of Congress catalogue record 2008306185, retrieved 2010-04-03
  8. ↑ Mitra (Book, 2008), WorldCat, retrieved 2010-04-03

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