Raghuvir Sahay

Raghuvir Sahay
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Born	(1929-12-09)9 December 1929 Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
Died	Delhi, India
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.

Bibliography

• Sanchayita Raghuvir Sahay (Selected Works), comp. Krishna Kumar.
• Kuch pate kuch chitthiyan (कुछ पते कुछ चिट्ठियाँ)
• Log Bhool Gaye Hain (लोग भूल गये हैं)
• Atmahatya Ke Viruddh (आत्महत्या के विरुद्ध)
• Hanso Hanso Jaldi Hanso (हँसो हँसो जल्दी हँसो)
• Seedhiyon Par Dhoop Hein (सीढ़ियों पर धूप में)

Further reading

• Raghuvir Sahay ki kavyanubhuti aur Kavyabhasha, by Anantakirti Tiwari. 1996, Visvavidyalaya Prakasan
• Raghuvir Sahay aur Malyaz ka Alochana Karam, "Kavita aur Samay" by Arun Kamal.

External links

• Raghuvir Sahay at Kavita Kosh
• Raghuvir Sahay's poetry at Anubhuti
• Raghuvir Sahay (English translations)