Anuj Lugun is an Indian poet and writer. His poetry espoused indigenous renaissance and intense rebellion against fascism and oppression. Anuj's activism for social justice earned him the title of Tribal Poet.
Early life and career
Born into a Jharkhandi
Mundari family to Ereneus Lugun & Jaymmila Lugun in Jaldega Pahantoli, district
Simdega
Simdega is a city in the Indian state of Jharkhand. Simdega is the administrative headquarters of the eponymous district and Subdivision. The city stands at an elevation of approximately 418 metres (1371 feet) above sea level and cov ...
,
Jharkhand
Jharkhand (; ; ) is a state in eastern India. The state shares its border with the states of West Bengal to the east, Chhattisgarh to the west, Uttar Pradesh to the northwest, Bihar to the north and Odisha to the south. It has an area of . It ...
, Anuj is the nephew of William Lugun, a prominent leader of the
Jharkhand movement.
Work and service
Lugun is working as assistant professor in School of Languages and Literature at
Central University of South Bihar
Central University of South Bihar (CUSB) is one of the sixteen newly established Central Universities by the Government of India under the Central Universities Act, 2009 (Section 25 of 2009). The university is located at Panchanpur, Gaya, Indi ...
(CUSB).
Awards and recognition
*
Sahitya Academy Yuva Puraskar 2019 for his long Hindi poem ''Bagh aur Sugna Munda ki Beti'' (''The Tiger and the Daughter of Sugna Munda'')
* Anuj Lugun- won the prestigious Bharat Bhushan Agarwal Award in 2011 for the best poem in Hindi
References
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Munda people
Poets from Jharkhand
People from Simdega district
Indian male poets
1986 births
Living people
Adivasi writers
20th-century Indian poets
Banaras Hindu University alumni
Hindi-language writers