Mahadevi Varmabest known as an outstanding Hindi poet, and was a freedom fighter, woman’s activist and educationist from India. She is widely regarded as the “modern Meera”.She was a major poet of the Chhayavaad generation, a period of romanticism in Modern Hindi poetry ranging from 1914–1938. With passage of time, her limited but outstanding prose has been recognised as unique in Hindi Literature. She was a prominent poet in Hindi Kavi sammelans (Gatherings of poets).
She was the Principal, and then the Vice-Chancellor of Prayag Mahila Vidyapeeth, a woman’s residential college in Allahabad. She was awarded India’s highest literary award, for lifetime achievement, the Sahitya Akademi Fellowship in 1979, followed by theJnanpith Award in 1982.She was the recipient of the Padma Bhushan in 1956 and the Padma Vibhushan in 1988, India’s third and second highest civilian awards respectively.
Her poems have been published under a number of other titles as well, but they contain the poems from these collections only. They include:
- Neehar (1930)
- Rashmi (1932)
- Neeraja (1934)
- Sandhyageet (1936)
- Deepshikha (1939)
- Agnirekha (1990, published after her death)
Mahadevi Varma’s creative talents and sharp intellect soon earned her a prominent place in the Hindi Literary world. She is considered among the four pillars of the Chaayavad movement. In 1934, she received Sekseriya Puraskar from the Hindi Sahitya Sammelan for her work, Niraja. Her poetry collection (Yama, यामा-1936) received the Jnanpith Award, one of the highest Indian literary awards.
She also Honored with “Proud Past Alumni” in the list of 42 members, from “Allahabad University Alumni Association”, NCR, Ghaziabad (Greater Noida) Chapter 2007–2008 registered under society act 1860 with registration no. 407/2000.
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