Ramdhari Singh Dinkar:::: Work

Ramdhari Singh was born on September 23, 1908 in a small village of Simariya in Bihar. He came off a poor Bramhin family.He studied, Sanskrit, Maithili, Bengali, Urdu and English literature. Dinkar was immensely influenced by some great poets like-Iqbal, Rabindranath Tagore, Keats and Milton.

Initially Ramdhari Singh was associated with the revolutionary movement in the Indian Freedom Movement.During this time he started writing his nationalist poetry as a revolutionary poet.But in his later part of life he followed Gandhaian ideology though he thought sometimes revenge is necessary for self protection.

Ramdhari Singh potrayed this view in Kurukshetra.He wrote many poems and prose. The poem ,Pranbhang in 1929 was the first publication of him. His collections of poems are Lokpriya(1964), Kavi Dinkar (1960), Dinkar ki Suktiyan (1964) ,Dinkar ke Geet (1973) Sanchayita (1973) .His other major poems are Renuka (1935) ,Hunkar (1938) ,Rasavanti (1939), Dvandvageet (1940) ,Saamdheni (1947) ,Baapu (1947) ,Dhup-Chhanh (1947) ,Rashmirathi (1952) ,Dilli (1954) ,Neem ke Patte (1954) ,Suraj ka Byaah (1955) ,Neel Kusum (1955) ,Chakravaal (1956) ,Kavishri (1957) ,Urvashi (1961),Parashuram ki Pratiksha (1963) ,Haare ko Harinaam (1970) .The major prose works of Dinakar`s are Mitti ki Or (1946) ,Chittaur ka Saakaa (1948) ,Ardhanaarishwar (1952) ,Sanskriti ke Chaar Adhyaay (1956) ,Kaavya ki Bhumikaa (1958) ,Pant, Prasad aur Maithilisharan (1958), Shuddh Kavitaa ki Khoj (1966) ,Saahityamukhi (1968), Dinkar ki Daayri (1973) ,Chetana ki Shilaa (1973) ,Vivah ki Musibaten (1973) and Aadhunik Bodh (1973).

Ramdhari Singh was conffered with Jnanpith Award in 1972 for Urvashi. He was also awarded Padma Bhushan in 1959 and Sahitya Akademi Award also in 1959.He was given the title "Rashtrakavi" for his literary works.He passed away on April 24, 1974.