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 critically acclaimed first collection of poems in Hindi titled "Mitra"[3][4][5] meaning "a friend" 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] He currently lives in Dayton, Ohio with his wife and a son.[citation needed]
Saumitra Saxena | |
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| Born | 1976 |
| Known for | Hindi poetry |
References
edit- ^ सौमित्र सक्सेना (Abhivyakti) (in Hindi), retrieved 2010-04-03
- ^ Saumitra Saxena, retrieved 2010-04-03
- ^ a b "Sahitya Samachar".
- ^ a b Important Books of 2008, Yahoo! India (in Hindi)
- ^ a b Yahoo! India (in Hindi)
- ^ Jnanpith catalogue 2010 (in Hindi)
- ^ सौमित्र (2008), Library of Congress catalogue record 2008306185, ISBN 9788126314386, retrieved 2010-04-03
- ^ Mitra (Book, 2008), WorldCat, OCLC 234260237