Nagarjun

Nagarjun
BornVaidyanath Mishra
(1911-06-11)11 June 1911
Satlakha Village, Darbhanga district, Bihar, India
Died5 November 1998(1998-11-05) (aged 87)
Khwaja Sarai, Darbhanga district, Bihar, India
Pen nameNagarjun
Occupation
  • Poet
  • writer
  • essayist
  • novelist
  • Buddhist
LanguageHindi, Maithili
Years active1930–1994
Notable awards
SpouseAparajita Devi

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Vaidyanath Mishra (11 June 1911 – 5 November 1998), better known by his pen name Nagarjun, was a Hindi and Maithili poet who has also penned a number of novels, short stories, literary biographies and travelogues, and was known as Janakavi- the People's Poet. He is regarded as the most prominent protagonist of modernity in Maithili.