Sarveshwar Dayal Saxena
[[File:Sarveshwar Dayal Saxena.jpg |thumb|right]] Sarveshwar Dayal Saxena (सर्वेश्वरदयाल सक्सेना) (September 15, 1927 – September 24, 1983) was a noted Hindi writer, poet, columnist and playwright, who was one of the seven poets who first published in one of the "Tar Saptaks", which ushered in the ‘Prayogvaad’ era (Experimentalism), which in time evolved to became the "Nayi Kavita" (New Poetry) movement [1]
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[edit] Biography
Sarveshwar Dayal Saxena was born on September 15, 1927 in [[Basti, Uttar Pradesh|Basti]] city, in Uttar Pradesh, and received his education in Banaras Hindu University, and [[Allahabad University]],[2] today, he considered an important political poets of the last century.[3] He won the Sahitya Akademi Award for his Poetry collection, Khutiyon Par Tange Log (People Hanging From Pegs). His noted short story, Bakri (Scapegoat), has been adapted as 'kuri.com', in Kannada, by [[M.S. Sathyu]], has been staged many times over the year, with revised adaptations, starting from the Emergency period (1975–77), when it was used as a political lampoon,[4] it has also been presented as a folk play.[5] His other noted plays are, Lakh Ki Naak,[6] Hawalat [7] and Bhaun Bhaun Khaun Khaun.[8] sarveshwar dayal saxena even wrote mukti ki aakanksha that showed the need of independency during his time. One of his poems has been turned into an animation short, by Siddhartha Pratap Singh, titled Apni Bitiya Ke Liye Ek Kavita [9]
[edit] References
- ^ [http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbninquiry.asp?r=1&ISBN=1843311259 New Poetry in Hindi by Lucy Rosenstein] Wimbledon Publishing Company, 2004. ISBN 9781843311256.
- ^ [http://www.anubhuti-hindi.org/gauravgram/sds/index.htm Sarveshwar Dayal Saxena-Profile and Works] www.anubhuti-hindi.org.
- ^ [http://www.questia.com/googleScholar.qst;jsessionid=Ln5Rl13jGL8GnWS7ppnmBr3PZDG0b6jrMF61hGsrLlyjvBnJTcMr!2003409385?docId=95705155 Four Hindi Poets] Journal article by Shrikant Verma; World Literature Today, Vol. 68, 1994.
- ^ [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1535405066.cms Scapegoat] Kuri in Kannada mean goat, The Times of India, Dec 12, 2001
- ^ [http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=173701 Nautanki from Kanpur, World Theatre Day] The Indian Express, March 14. 2006,
- ^ [http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2006063001490300.htm&date=2006/06/30/&prd=fr& "Lakh Ki Naak"] The Hindu, June 30, 2006.
- ^ [http://www.dailyexcelsior.com/web1/05july25/state.htm#2 Natrang stages 'Hawalat', Jammu] Daily Excelsior, July 24, 2005.
- ^ [http://www.hindu.com/2004/12/04/stories/2004120411410300.htm Kalamandira, Mysore] The Hindu, Dec 04, 2004.
- ^ [http://www.hindu.com/mp/2007/10/13/stories/2007101350960200.htm Sadho Poetry Film Fest] The Hindu , Oct 13, 2007.
[edit] Bibliography
- People Hanging From Pegs by Sarveshwar Dayal Saxena, Tr. Kedar Nath
Komal, 1991, Sahitya Akademi, ISBN 8172015809.
[edit] Further reading
- New Poetry in Hindi: Nayi Kavita in Hindi: An Anthology, translated
by Lucy Rosenstein, Wimbledon Publishing Company, 2004. ISBN 9781843311256.
[edit] Online Works
[http://www.kavitakosh.org/kk/index.php?title=%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE Sarveshwar Dayal Saxena at Kavita Kosh] (Hindi)
[http://www.geeta-kavita.com/indian_poetry_list.asp?author=Sarveshwer_Dayal_Saxena Four Poems by Sarveshwar Dayal Saxena]
Suraj Ko Nahi Doobne Doonga, A Poem by Sarveshwar Dayal Saxena]
[edit] External links
[http://www.kavitakosh.org/kk/index.php?title=%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE Sarveshwar Dayal Saxena at Kavita Kosh] (Hindi)
- [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0ulxIyH3Oo Apni Bitiya Ke Liye Ek
Kavita - A poetry film by Sidharth Pratap Singh ]
