Kedarnath SinghKedarnath Singh (1934-2018), a renowned Indian laureate, has many magnificent poetry collections and a good number of books on essays and criticism in Hindi language. He was awarded Sahitya Academy Award in 1989 for his Hindi poetry collection 'Akaalmein Saras' (A Crane on drought) and Bharatiya Jnanpith Award, the highest award in Indian Literature in 2013 for his outstanding contributions to Indian poetry. He was also recipient of Kumar Aashan Award and Vyas Samman. His other poetry collections are - Zameen pak Rahi Hai, Yahan se Dekho, Baagh, Tolstoy aur Cycle and Matdan kendra par Jhapki etc. His poetic style is simple even in complex themes, caring everyday language and images which depicts very truly Indianness. He was one of the veteran Indian poet who loved to Odisha and contemporary Odia poetry. The original Hindi collection "Srishti par pahra" was his latest publication before he breathed his last. It is comprised of many unparalleled poems and translated in to Odia under the title "Sarjanara Nireekshana ". Read More Read Less