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Sumitranandan Pant

Sumitranandan PantSumitranandan Pant was born on 20th May,1900 at Kausani village of Bageshwar.He was ill-fated.His mother died immediately after his birth. In his childhood his name was Gosain Dutt.Later he changed his name because he did not like that. Initially he was educated in Almora.After passing matriculation he went to Kalakankar near Prayag and got admitted to Prayag University. He left the college to respond Mahatma Gandhi`s call and joined Indian Freedom Movement though he continued to read English, Sanskrit and Bengali literature.

After some time, Sumitranandan Pant was influenced by Sri Aurobindo`s view and moved to his ashram at Pondicherry. Sumitranandan Pant was one of the four pillars of Chhayavaadi poems.He mixed the Satyam, Shivam, Sundaram ideology of Indian Philosophy in his poem; but when the Chhayavaadi movement`s popularity was on the decline he changed the main theme from aesthetic mysticism to Marxist ideology. After that Sumitranandan Pant started writing in broader context. Immensely influenced by Aurvindo he began to select the theme based on humanity. Gradually he emerged as philosopher and socialist. He was famous for his poem collection Pallav, comprising thirty-two poems written between 1918 and 1925. His other major works are Veena, Uchchhavaas, Granthi, Gunjan, Lokayatan Pallavini, Madhu Jwala, Manasi, Vaani, Yug Path, Satyakaam and Anguthita.

Sumitranandan Pant was awarded the prestigious Padma Bhushan in 1961.He was also honored with Jnanpith and Sahitya Akademi. Soviet Union gave him Nehru Peace Prize for Lokayatan. Sumitranandan Pant, passed away in the year of 1977.

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