Poet jaishankar prasad biography for kids
Jaishankar Prasad facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Jaishankar Prasad | |
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| Born | (1889-01-30)30 January 1889 Benares, Benares State, British India |
| Died | 15 November 1937(1937-11-15) (aged 47) Benares, Benares State, British India |
| Occupation | Novelist, playwright, poet |
| Notable works | Kāmāyanī (1936) |
| Parent | Babu Devki Prasad (father) |
Jaishankar Prasad (30 January 1889 – 15 November 1937) was a prominent figure in modern Hindi literature as well as Hindi theatre.
Poem Aah! Vedna mili vidaai Lyrics —
Prasad was his pen name. He was also known as Chhayavadi kavi.
Poetic style
Prasad started writing poetry with the pen name of ‘Kaladhar’. The first collection of poem that Prasad penned, named, Chitradhar, was written in Braj dialect of Hindi but his later works were written in Khadi dialect or Sanskritized Hindi.
Later on Prasad promulgated ‘Chhayavad’, a literary trend in Hindi literature.
He is considered one of the Four Pillars (Char Stambh) of Romanticism in Hindi Literature (Chhayava Jaishankar Prasad - Poet Jaishankar Prasad Poems - Poem Hunter LUTUN