Shivmangal Singh "Suman" (5 August 1915 – 27 November 2002) was an Indian

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and

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who wrote in

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Biography

Shivmangal Singh 'Suman' was born on 5 August 1915 at Jhagarpur,

Unnao district Unnao district is a district of Uttar Pradesh state in northern India. The city of Unnao is the district headquarters. The district is part of Lucknow Division. As of the 2011 census, Unnao district has a population of 3,108,367, making it ...

in the

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of British India. He was a leading

writer and poet. He earned a

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and

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in Hindi from

Benaras Hindu University Banaras Hindu University (BHU) IAST: kāśī hindū viśvavidyālaya International Phonetic Alphabet, IPA: /kaːʃiː hɪnd̪uː ʋɪʃwəʋid̪jaːləj/), is a Collegiate university, collegiate, Central university (India), central, and Re ...

. The university also honoured him with a

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in 1950.

Career

Suman worked as the

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Vikram University Vikram University is located in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, India. The university was named after the ruler Vikramaditya. It was established in 1957. It was evaluated by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council and was awarded B++ grade ...

(

Ujjain Ujjain (, Hindustani language, Hindustani pronunciation: Help:IPA/Hindi and Urdu, �d͡ːʒɛːn is a city in Ujjain district of the States and territories of India, Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It is the fifth-largest city in Madhya Prad ...

) during 1968-78; the Vice-President of

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Lucknow Lucknow (, ) is the capital and the largest city of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and it is also the second largest urban agglomeration in Uttar Pradesh. Lucknow is the administrative headquarters of the eponymous district and division ...

; Press & Cultural Attache, Indian Embassy,

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(

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) during 1956-61; and the President,

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(

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) during 1977-78. He was the Executive President, Kalidas Academy,

, until he died of

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on 27 November 2002. Upon his death, the then Prime Minister of India

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said that, "Dr Shiv Mangal Singh ‘Suman’ was not only a powerful signature in the field of Hindi poetry, but he was also the custodian of the collective consciousness of his time. His creations not only expressed the pain of his own feelings, but were also fearless constructive commentary on the issues of the era."

Works

Poetry collections

* ''Hillol'' (1939) * ''Jeevan Ke Gaan'' (1942) * ''Yug Ka Mol'' (1945) * ''Pralay Srijan'' (1950) * ''Vishvas Badhta Hi Gaya'' (1948) * ''Vindhya Himalaya'' (1960) * ''Mitti Ki Baarat'' (1972) * ''Vani Ki Vyatha'' (1980) * ''Kate Anguthon Ki Bandanavaren'' (1991) * ''Fagun Me Savan'' * ''Toffan Ki Our'' * ''Hum Panchi Unmukt Gagan ke'' * ''Chalana hamara kam he''

Essays

* ''Mahadevi Ki Kavya Sadhana''

Plays

* ''Prakriti Purusha Kalidasa'' Source:

Awards and honours

Padma Shri Padma Shri (IAST: ''padma śrī''), also spelled Padma Shree, is the fourth-highest Indian honours system, civilian award of the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan. Instituted on 2 January 1954, ...

- 1974 *

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- 1999 * Deva Puraskar - 1958 * Soviet Land Nehru Award - 1974Shrotriya, Prabhakar. ''Shivmangal Singh 'Suman': Man and the Creator''. Topical Publications, New Delhi. 1990. p-165. *

Sahitya Akademi Award The Sahitya Akademi Award is a literary honour in India, which the Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, annually confers on writers of the most outstanding books of literary merit published in any of the 22 languages of the ...

- 1974 for ''Mitti Ki Barat'' * Shikhar Samman - 1993 from the

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* Bharat Bharti Award - 1993 *

Bhagalpur University Tilka Majhi Bhagalpur University, formerly Bhagalpur University, is a public university in Bhagalpur, Bihar, India. It was established on 12 July 1960, having local colleges initially associated with Patna University. Its campus is around in a ...

- 1973Shivmangal Singh Suman Profile

Official website. *

Jabalpur University Rani Durgavati Vishwavidyalaya (Rani Durgavati University), also known as University of Jabalpur, is a government university in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India. It was named after the queen Rani Durgavati. History The university was constituted ...

- 1983

References

External links

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