Major Poets, Honours and Writers from Bihar
Major Poets, Honours and Writers from Bihar
This topic supplies two questions and here memory is everything. Build a four-column table of poet, work, epithet and honour. Keep the writers connected with Bihar separately, because a state paper is more likely to draw its questions from them.
Major Epithets
| Poet | Epithet |
|---|---|
| Chandbardai | first poet of Hindi |
| Bharatendu Harishchandra | father of modern Hindi literature |
| Mahadevi Verma | the modern Mira |
| Ramdhari Singh Dinkar | Rashtrakavi |
| Maithilisharan Gupt | Rashtrakavi |
| Nirala | founder of free verse |
Epithets are asked directly and two names are usually placed together among the options, so learn the epithet and the name as a pair rather than separately.
✗ Only Dinkar carries the title of Rashtrakavi | ✓ Maithilisharan Gupt is also called Rashtrakavi
The Jnanpith Award in Hindi
| Writer | Year | Work |
|---|---|---|
| Sumitranandan Pant | 1968 | Chidambara |
| Ramdhari Singh Dinkar | 1972 | Urvashi |
| Mahadevi Verma | 1982 | Yama |
Sumitranandan Pant received the first Jnanpith in Hindi. Dinkar received it for Urvashi and Mahadevi Verma for Yama — the name of the work is asked as well, so hold the work along with the year.
Writers from Bihar
| Writer | Place | Major works |
|---|---|---|
| Ramdhari Singh Dinkar | Simaria, Begusarai | Rashmirathi, Urvashi, Kurukshetra |
| Nagarjun | Tarauni, Darbhanga | Yugdhara, Balchanma |
| Phanishwarnath Renu | Aurahi Hingna, Araria | Maila Anchal, Parti Parikatha |
| Vidyapati | Madhubani region | Padavali, Kirtilata |
Dinkar's Rashmirathi is a narrative poem built around Karna and remains among the most quoted works in Hindi. Renu's Maila Anchal is the greatest name in the tradition of the regional novel, and it portrays a village of Bihar with its dialect and its struggles intact.
Nagarjun wrote in both Hindi and Maithili and is known for taking everyday political and social life as his subject. Vidyapati belongs to a far earlier age and stands at the head of this line, so the four writers together cover almost the whole span of the state's literary history.
बिहार वाले भाग को कड़ी की तरह याद कीजिए — विद्यापति से शुरू होकर दिनकर, नागार्जुन और रेणु तक। चारों अलग-अलग युग के हैं।
TRE pointer: Learn the epithet together with the name, never the name alone. Pant receiving the first Hindi Jnanpith is close to certain, along with Dinkar's Urvashi and Mahadevi's Yama. In a Bihar paper, Dinkar, Nagarjun and Renu can all be asked, so keep two works for each.
60-Second Recap
- Chandbardai is the first poet of Hindi and Bharatendu the father of modern Hindi literature.
- Both Dinkar and Maithilisharan Gupt are called Rashtrakavi.
- The first Hindi Jnanpith went to Sumitranandan Pant in 1968 for Chidambara.
- Dinkar received it in 1972 for Urvashi and Mahadevi in 1982 for Yama.
- Dinkar was from Begusarai, Nagarjun from Darbhanga and Renu from Araria.
- Renu's Maila Anchal is the leading work of the regional novel.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who received the first Jnanpith Award in Hindi?
Sumitranandan Pant, in 1968, for his work Chidambara. After him Ramdhari Singh Dinkar received it in 1972 for Urvashi and Mahadevi Verma in 1982 for Yama. The paper asks for both the year and the work.
Which major Hindi writers are connected with Bihar?
Ramdhari Singh Dinkar from Simaria in Begusarai, Nagarjun from Tarauni in Darbhanga and Phanishwarnath Renu from Aurahi Hingna in Araria. The Maithili poet Vidyapati also belonged to this region. The four together represent very different periods.
Who wrote Maila Anchal and why does it matter?
It is a novel by Phanishwarnath Renu and is regarded as the most celebrated work in the tradition of the regional novel in Hindi. It portrays the life of a village in Bihar along with its dialect, customs and struggles, which is why it is asked so often.
Who is called Rashtrakavi?
Both Ramdhari Singh Dinkar and Maithilisharan Gupt are given this title. The options usually place the two names together, so it is worth remembering that the title is not confined to one of them. Dinkar's Rashmirathi and Gupt's Saket are their best known works.