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	\| birth_name = Vaidyanath Mishra		\| birth_name = Vaidyanath Mishra
	\| birth_date = {{birth date\|df=yes\|1911\|6\|30}}<ref>[http://www.lib.virginia.edu/area-studies/SouthAsia/SAserials/Biblio/nagarjun.html The People's poet – Nagarjun] ''Library'', ''[[University of Virginia]]''. ''From Biblio, Nov–Dec 1998, p. 8-9''.</ref>		\| birth_date = {{birth date\|df=yes\|1911\|6\|30}}<ref>[http://www.lib.virginia.edu/area-studies/SouthAsia/SAserials/Biblio/nagarjun.html The People's poet – Nagarjun] ''Library'', ''[[University of Virginia]]''. ''From Biblio, Nov–Dec 1998, p. 8-9''.</ref>
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	\| birth_place = Satlakha Village, [[Madhubani District]], Bihar, India		\| birth_place = Satlakha Village, [[Madhubani District]], Bihar, India
	\| death_date = {{death date and age\|df=yes\|1998\|11\|5\|1911\|6\|11}}		\| death_date = {{death date and age\|df=yes\|1998\|11\|5\|1911\|6\|11}}
	\| death_place = Khwaja Sarai, [[Darbhanga district]], Bihar<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/208475.stm South Asia, Hindi poet, Nagarjun, dead] ''[[BBC News]]'', 5 November 1998.</ref>		\| death_place = Khwaja Sarai, [[Darbhanga district]], Bihar<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/208475.stm South Asia, Hindi poet, Nagarjun, dead] ''[[BBC News]]'', 5 November 1998.</ref>
	\|spouse = Aparajita Devi		\| spouse = Aparajita Devi
	\| occupation = Poet, writer, essayist, novelist, buddhist		\| occupation = Poet, writer, essayist, novelist, buddhist
	\|pseudonym= Nagarjun		\| pseudonym = Nagarjun
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	'''Vaidyanath Mishra''' (30 June 1911 – 5 November 1998), better known by his [[pen name]] '''Nagarjun''', was a [[Hindi]] and [[Maithili language\|Maithili]] poet who has also penned a number of novels, short stories, [[Biography in literature\|literary biographies]] and travelogues, and was known as ''Janakavi''- the People's Poet.		'''Vaidyanath Mishra''' (30 June 1911 – 5 November 1998), better known by his [[pen name]] '''Nagarjun''', was a [[Hindi]] and [[Maithili language\|Maithili]] poet who has also penned a number of novels, short stories, [[Biography in literature\|literary biographies]] and travelogues, and was known as ''Janakavi''- the People's Poet.
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	=== Career ===		=== Career ===
	He started his literary career with [[Maithili language\|Maithili]] poems by the pen-name of '''Yatri''' (यात्री) in the early 1930s. By the mid 1930s, he started writing poetry in Hindi. His first permanent job of a full-time teacher, took him to [[Saharanpur]] ([[Uttar Pradesh]]), though he didn't stay there for long as his urge to delve deeper into Buddhist scriptures, took him to the Buddhist monastery at [[Kelaniya]], [[Sri Lanka]], where in 1935, he became a [[bhikkhu\|Buddhist monk]], entered the [[vihara\|monastery]] and studied the scriptures, just as his mentor, [[Rahul Sankrityayan]] had done earlier, and hence took upon the name "Nagarjun". While at the monastery, he also studied [[Leninism]] and [[Marxism]] ideologies, before returning to India in 1938 to join 'Summer School of Politics' organised by noted peasant leader, [[Sahajanand Saraswati]], founder of [[All India Kisan Sabha\|Kisan Sabha]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20040814041633/http://cc.domaindlx.com/aapanmithila/poet.htm#Nagarjun Poets of Mithila – Nagarjun]</ref> A wanderer by nature, Nagarjun spent a considerable amount of his time in the 1930s and the 1940s travelling across India.		He started his literary career with [[Maithili language\|Maithili]] poems by the pen-name of '''Yatri''' (यात्री) in the early 1930s. By the mid-1930s, he started writing poetry in Hindi. His first permanent job of a full-time teacher, took him to [[Saharanpur]] ([[Uttar Pradesh]]), though he didn't stay there for long as his urge to delve deeper into Buddhist scriptures, took him to the Buddhist monastery at [[Kelaniya]], [[Sri Lanka]], where in 1935, he became a [[bhikkhu\|Buddhist monk]], entered the [[vihara\|monastery]] and studied the scriptures, just as his mentor, [[Rahul Sankrityayan]] had done earlier, and hence took upon the name "Nagarjun". While at the monastery, he also studied [[Leninism]] and [[Marxism]] ideologies, before returning to India in 1938 to join 'Summer School of Politics' organised by noted peasant leader, [[Sahajanand Saraswati]], founder of [[All India Kisan Sabha\|Kisan Sabha]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20040814041633/http://cc.domaindlx.com/aapanmithila/poet.htm#Nagarjun Poets of Mithila – Nagarjun]</ref> A wanderer by nature, Nagarjun spent a considerable amount of his time in the 1930s and the 1940s travelling across India.

	He also participated in many mass-awakening movements before and after independence. Between 1939 and 1942, He was jailed by the British courts for leading a farmer's agitation in Bihar. For a long time after independence he was involved with journalism.		He also participated in many mass-awakening movements before and after independence. Between 1939 and 1942, He was jailed by the British courts for leading a farmer's agitation in Bihar. For a long time after independence he was involved with journalism.

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	'''Vaidyanath Mishra''' (30 June 1911 – 5 November 1998), better known by his [[pen name]] '''Nagarjun''', was a [[Hindi]] and [[Maithili language\|Maithili]] poet who has also penned a number of novels, short stories, [[Biography in literature\|literary biographies]] and travelogues, and was known as ''Janakavi''- the People's Poet.		'''Vaidyanath Mishra''' (30 June 1911 – 5 November 1998), better known by his [[pen name]] '''Nagarjun''', was a [[Hindi]] and [[Maithili language\|Maithili]] poet who has also penned a number of novels, short stories, [[Biography in literature\|literary biographies]] and travelogues, and was known as ''Janakavi''- the People's Poet.
	He is regarded as the most prominent protagonist of modernity in Maithili. <ref>[http://www.tribuneindia.com/1998/98nov29/sunday/head4.htm An ocean of intellect passes into history] ''[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)\|The Tribune]]'', 29 November 1998.</ref><ref>[http://www.revolutionarydemocracy.org/rdv5n1/nagarjun.htm Obituary] ''www.revolutionarydemocracy.org''.</ref>		He is regarded as the most prominent protagonist of modernity in Maithili.<ref>[http://www.tribuneindia.com/1998/98nov29/sunday/head4.htm An ocean of intellect passes into history] ''[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)\|The Tribune]]'', 29 November 1998.</ref><ref>[http://www.revolutionarydemocracy.org/rdv5n1/nagarjun.htm Obituary] ''www.revolutionarydemocracy.org''.</ref>

	== Personal life and biography==		== Personal life and biography==

	[[File:Library park.jpg\|thumb\|Sculpture of Nagarjun in the Library Park of [[Lalit Narayan Mithila University\|LN Mithila University]]]]		[[File:Library park.jpg\|thumb\|Sculpture of Nagarjun in the Library Park of [[Lalit Narayan Mithila University\|LN Mithila University]]]]

	=== Early life and education ===		=== Early life and education ===
	Vaidyanath Mishra was born on 30 June 1911, in the village of Tarauni in [[Darbhanga District]] of [[Bihar]], India, he spent most of his days in his mother's village Satlakha of [[Madhubani district]], Bihar. He later converted to [[Buddhism]] and got the name ''Nagarjun''. His mother died when he was only three, and his father being a [[vagabond]] himself, couldn't support him so young Vaidyanath thrived on the support of his relatives, and the scholarships he won on the account of him being an exceptional student. Soon he became proficient in [[Sanskrit]], [[Pali]] and [[Prakrit]] languages, which he first learnt locally and later at [[Varanasi]] and [[Calcutta]], where he was also semi-employed, while pursuing his studies. Meanwhile he married Aparajita Devi and the couple had six children.{{citation needed\|date=August 2015}}		Vaidyanath Mishra was born on 30 June 1911, in the village of Tarauni in [[Darbhanga District]] of [[Bihar]], India, he spent most of his days in his mother's village Satlakha of [[Madhubani district]], Bihar. He later converted to [[Buddhism]] and got the name ''Nagarjun''. His mother died when he was only three, and his father being a [[vagabond]] himself, couldn't support him so young Vaidyanath thrived on the support of his relatives, and the scholarships he won on the account of him being an exceptional student. Soon he became proficient in [[Sanskrit]], [[Pali]] and [[Prakrit]] languages, which he first learnt locally and later at [[Varanasi]] and [[Calcutta]], where he was also semi-employed, while pursuing his studies. Meanwhile, he married Aparajita Devi and the couple had six children.{{citation needed\|date=August 2015}}

	=== Career ===		=== Career ===
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	== Languages ==		== Languages ==
	[[Maithili language\|Maithili]] was his mother tongue and he authored many poems, essays and novels in Maithili. He was educated in [[Sanskrit]], [[Pali]], and [[Hindi]]. Hindi remained the language of the bulk of his literature. The Hindi of his works varies from highly [[sanskrit]]ized to [[vernacular]] forms. He was a poet of the masses, and preferred to write in the language of immediate local impact. Therefore he never adhered to specific bounds of languages.		[[Maithili language\|Maithili]] was his mother tongue and he authored many poems, essays and novels in Maithili. He was educated in [[Sanskrit]], [[Pali]], and [[Hindi]]. Hindi remained the language of the bulk of his literature. The Hindi of his works varies from highly [[sanskrit]]ized to [[vernacular]] forms. He was a poet of the masses, and preferred to write in the language of immediate local impact. Therefore, he never adhered to specific bounds of languages.

	He also had good grasp of the [[Bengali language]] and used to write for Bengali newspapers. He was close to the Bengali [[Hungry generation]] or ''Bhookhi Peerhi'' poets and helped Kanchan Kumari in translating [[Malay Roy Choudhury]]'s long poem ''Jakham'' and ''Chana Jor Garam'' in Hindi.		He also had good grasp of the [[Bengali language]] and used to write for Bengali newspapers. He was close to the Bengali [[Hungry generation]] or ''Bhookhi Peerhi'' poets and helped Kanchan Kumari in translating [[Malay Roy Choudhury]]'s long poem ''Jakham'' and ''Chana Jor Garam'' in Hindi.

	== Awards ==		== Awards ==
	Nagarjun was given the [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] in ~~1969~~ for his historic book ''Patarheen Nagna Gachh'', and the 'Bharat Bharati Award' by the [[Uttar Pradesh]] government for his literary contributions in 1983.<ref>[http://www.mapsofindia.com/who-is-who/literature/nagarjun.html Hindi authors]</ref> He was also honoured by the [[List of Sahitya Akademi fellows\|Sahitya Akademi Fellowship]], India's highest literary award for lifetime achievement, in 1994.{{cn\|date=March 2020}}		Nagarjun was given the [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] in 1968 for his historic book ''Patarheen Nagna Gachh'', and the 'Bharat Bharati Award' by the [[Uttar Pradesh]] government for his literary contributions in 1983.<ref>[http://www.mapsofindia.com/who-is-who/literature/nagarjun.html Hindi authors]</ref> He was also honoured by the [[List of Sahitya Akademi fellows\|Sahitya Akademi Fellowship]], India's highest literary award for lifetime achievement, in 1994.{{citation needed\|date=March 2020}}

	== Major literary works ==		== Major literary works ==
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	* Is Gubare Ki Chhaya Mein.		* Is Gubare Ki Chhaya Mein.
	*"[[ Yeh Danturit Muskaan]]"		*"[[Yeh Danturit Muskaan]]"
	* Mein Military Ka Boodha Ghoda		* Mein Military Ka Boodha Ghoda
	* Ratnagarbha		* Ratnagarbha
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	*Balchnma(novel)		*Balchnma(novel)

	*His work on culture has been published in the form of books entitled ''Desh Dashkam'' and ''Krishak Dashkam''.		*His work on culture has been published in the form of books entitled ''Desh Dashkam'' and ''Krishak Dashkam''.

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	== References ==		== References ==
	~~<references/>~~		{{reflist}}

	== External links ==		== External links ==
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| birth_name = Vaidyanath Mishra
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| death_place = Khwaja Sarai, [[Darbhanga district]], Bihar<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/208475.stm South Asia, Hindi poet, Nagarjun, dead] ''[[BBC News]]'', 5 November 1998.</ref>
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'''Vaidyanath Mishra''' (30 June 1911 – 5 November 1998), better known by his [[pen name]] '''Nagarjun''', was a [[Hindi]] and [[Maithili language|Maithili]] poet who has also penned a number of novels, short stories, [[Biography in literature|literary biographies]] and travelogues, and was known as ''Janakavi''- the People's Poet.
He is regarded as the most prominent protagonist of modernity in Maithili. <ref>[http://www.tribuneindia.com/1998/98nov29/sunday/head4.htm An ocean of intellect passes into history] ''[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]]'', 29 November 1998.</ref><ref>[http://www.revolutionarydemocracy.org/rdv5n1/nagarjun.htm Obituary] ''www.revolutionarydemocracy.org''.</ref>

== Personal life and biography==

[[File:Library park.jpg|thumb|Sculpture of Nagarjun in the Library Park of [[Lalit Narayan Mithila University|LN Mithila University]]]]
=== Early life and education ===
Vaidyanath Mishra was born on 30 June 1911, in the village of Tarauni in [[Darbhanga District]] of [[Bihar]], India, he spent most of his days in his mother's village Satlakha of [[Madhubani district]], Bihar. He later converted to [[Buddhism]] and got the name ''Nagarjun''. His mother died when he was only three, and his father being a [[vagabond]] himself, couldn't support him so young Vaidyanath thrived on the support of his relatives, and the scholarships he won on the account of him being an exceptional student. Soon he became proficient in [[Sanskrit]], [[Pali]] and [[Prakrit]] languages, which he first learnt locally and later at [[Varanasi]] and [[Calcutta]], where he was also semi-employed, while pursuing his studies. Meanwhile he married Aparajita Devi and the couple had six children.{{citation needed|date=August 2015}}

=== Career ===
He started his literary career with [[Maithili language|Maithili]] poems by the pen-name of '''Yatri''' (यात्री) in the early 1930s. By the mid 1930s, he started writing poetry in Hindi. His first permanent job of a full-time teacher, took him to [[Saharanpur]] ([[Uttar Pradesh]]), though he didn't stay there for long as his urge to delve deeper into Buddhist scriptures, took him to the Buddhist monastery at [[Kelaniya]], [[Sri Lanka]], where in 1935, he became a [[bhikkhu|Buddhist monk]], entered the [[vihara|monastery]] and studied the scriptures, just as his mentor, [[Rahul Sankrityayan]] had done earlier, and hence took upon the name "Nagarjun". While at the monastery, he also studied [[Leninism]] and [[Marxism]] ideologies, before returning to India in 1938 to join 'Summer School of Politics' organised by noted peasant leader, [[Sahajanand Saraswati]], founder of [[All India Kisan Sabha|Kisan Sabha]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20040814041633/http://cc.domaindlx.com/aapanmithila/poet.htm#Nagarjun Poets of Mithila – Nagarjun]</ref> A wanderer by nature, Nagarjun spent a considerable amount of his time in the 1930s and the 1940s travelling across India.

He also participated in many mass-awakening movements before and after independence. Between 1939 and 1942, He was jailed by the British courts for leading a farmer's agitation in Bihar. For a long time after independence he was involved with journalism.

He played an active role in [[Jayaprakash Narayan]]'s movement prior to the [[The Emergency (India)|Emergency period]] (1975–1977), and therefore was jailed for eleven months, during the emergency period. He was strongly influenced by Leninist-Marxist ideology.{{citation needed|date=September 2020}} This was one of the reasons that he never found patronage from the mainstream political establishments.

He died in 1998 at the age of 87 in [[Darbhanga]].

== Works and literature ==
The subjects of his poetry are varied. Effects of both his wandering tendencies and activism, is evident in his middle and later works. His famous poems like ''Bādal kō Ghiratē Dēkhā hai'' ({{lang-hi|बादल को घिरते देखा है}}), is a travelogue in its own right. He often wrote on contemporary social and political issues. His famous poem ''Mantra Kavita'' (मंत्र कविता), is widely considered the most accurate reflection of a whole generation's mindset in India. Another such poem is ''Āō Rānī Hum Ḍhōēṅgē Pālakī'' ({{lang-hi|आओ रानी हम ढोएंगे पालकी}}), which sarcastically humiliates the then prime minister of India, [[Jawaharlal Nehru]], for the extravagant welcome thrown by him for [[Elizabeth II|Queen Elizabeth]].

Besides these accepted subjects of poetry, Nagarjun found poetic beauty in unconventional subjects. One of his most astonishing works is a poem based on a show called ''With Sharp Teeth'' ({{lang|hi|पैने दाँतो वाली}}). Another such creation is a series of poems on a full-grown [[jackfruit]].

Because of the breadth of his poetry, Nagarjun is considered the only Hindi poet after [[Tulsidas]] to have an audience ranging from the rural sections of society to the elite. He effectively freed poetry from the bounds of elitism.

== Languages ==
[[Maithili language|Maithili]] was his mother tongue and he authored many poems, essays and novels in Maithili. He was educated in [[Sanskrit]], [[Pali]], and [[Hindi]]. Hindi remained the language of the bulk of his literature. The Hindi of his works varies from highly [[sanskrit]]ized to [[vernacular]] forms. He was a poet of the masses, and preferred to write in the language of immediate local impact. Therefore he never adhered to specific bounds of languages.

He also had good grasp of the [[Bengali language]] and used to write for Bengali newspapers. He was close to the Bengali [[Hungry generation]] or ''Bhookhi Peerhi'' poets and helped Kanchan Kumari in translating [[Malay Roy Choudhury]]'s long poem ''Jakham'' and ''Chana Jor Garam'' in Hindi.

== Awards ==
Nagarjun was given the [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] in 1969 for his historic book ''Patarheen Nagna Gachh'', and the 'Bharat Bharati Award' by the [[Uttar Pradesh]] government for his literary contributions in 1983.<ref>[http://www.mapsofindia.com/who-is-who/literature/nagarjun.html Hindi authors]</ref> He was also honoured by the [[List of Sahitya Akademi fellows|Sahitya Akademi Fellowship]], India's highest literary award for lifetime achievement, in 1994.{{cn|date=March 2020}}

== Major literary works ==

=== Poetry ===
* Yugdharao
* Kal aur Aaaj
* Satrange Pankhon Wali
* Talab ki Machhliyan
* Khichri Viplava Dekha Humne
* Hazar Hazar Bahon Wali
* Purani Juliyon Ka Coras
* Tumne Kaha Tha
* Akhir Aisa Kya Kah Diya Maine
* Is Gubare Ki Chhaya Mein.
*"[[ Yeh Danturit Muskaan]]"
* Mein Military Ka Boodha Ghoda
* Ratnagarbha
* Aise bhi hum kya
* Bhool jao purane sapne
* Apne Khet Mein Chandana
* Fasal
* Akal aur Uske bad
* Harijan Gatha
* Badal ko ghirate Dekha hai
* Aaj main beej hoon

=== Novels ===
* Rati Nath Ki Chachi
* Balachnama
* Baba Bateshar Nath
*Himalaya ki betiya
* Nai Paudh
* Varun Ke Bete
* Dukh Mochan
* Ugratara
* Jamania Ka Baba
* Kumbhi Pak
* Paro and Asman Mein Chanda Tare.
* Abhinandan
* Imaratia
* Sita Usko
* Navturiya

=== Essay collections ===
* Ant Hinam Kriyanam.
* Bum Bholenath
* Ayodhya ka raja

=== Maithili works ===
* Patrahin Nagna Gachh (collection of poems)
* Chitra (collection of poems)
* Pparo(novel)
*Navturiya(novel)
*Balchnma(novel)

*His work on culture has been published in the form of books entitled ''Desh Dashkam'' and ''Krishak Dashkam''.

==Works on Baba Nagarjun==
*Poet [[Kumar Vishwas]] and channel [[ABP News]] aired a video documentary about the life and writings of Nagarjun in their [[Mahakavi Series]].<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBOhR-xTIRI&t Mahakavi-Episode 6: Watch incredible story of poet Nagarjun]</ref>

== Further reading ==
* ''Indian Literature'', by Sahitya Akademi. Published by Sahitya Akademi, 1998. ''Baba Nagarjun'', ''page 140-145''.

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://gadyakosh.org/gk/index.php?title=%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%A8 Nagarjun at Gadya Kosh] (his prose work in Devanagari script )
*[http://www.kavitakosh.org/kk/index.php?title=%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%A8 Nagarjun at Kavita Kosh] (Hindi)
*[http://www.anubhuti-hindi.org/gauravgram/nagarjun/index.htm Nagarjun at ''Anubhuti'']
;Work online
*[http://www.anubhuti-hindi.org/sankalan/varshamangal/sets/23aug.htm Nagarjun's poems: aakal aur uske baad]

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