Acharya Shivpujan Sahay

Acharya Shivpujan Sahay
Born(1893-08-09)9 August 1893
Unwas, Bengal Presidency, British India
(Now in Bihar, India)
Died21 January 1963(1963-01-21) (aged 69)
Patna, Bihar, India
Occupation
NationalityIndian
Notable worksShipujan Rachanavali, Mata ka Anchal
Notable awardsPadma Bhushan (1960)

Acharya Shivpujan Sahay (9 August 1893 – 21 January 1963) was a noted Hindi and Bhojpuri novelist, editor and prose writer. He contributed in pioneering modern trends. His auto-biographical story "Mata ka Aanchal" ("Mother's Embrace") also featured in the NCERT Hindi textbook, Kritika, for the tenth grade. He was also conferred with the Padma Bhushan award by the Government of India.