Raghuvir Sahay | |
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Born |
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India |
9 December 1929
Died | 30 December 1990 Delhi, India |
(aged 61)
Occupation | writer, poet, translator, journalist |
Spouse | Bimleshwari Sahay |
Children | Manjari Joshi, Hema Singh, Gauri Richards, Vasant Sahay |
Raghuvir Sahay (रघुवीर सहाय) (1929–1990) was a versatile Hindi poet, short-story writer, essayist, literary critic, translator, and journalist. He remained the chief-editor of noted, political-social, Hindi weekly, Dinmaan, 1969–82.
He was awarded the 1984 Sahitya Akademi Award in Hindi for his poetry collection, Log Bhool Gaye Hain (लोग भूल गये हैं) (They Have Forgotten,- 1982),.
His other noted works are Atmahatya Ke Viruddh (आत्महत्या के विरुद्ध), Hanso Hanso Jaldi Hanso (हँसो हँसो जल्दी हँसो) and Seedhiyon Par Dhoop Mein (सीढ़ियों पर धूप में). Famous TV News Reader Manjari Joshi is his daughter and media expert Prof. Hemant Joshi is his son in law.