Kedarnath Singh

Kedarnath Singh (1934–2018) was a distinguished Indian poet who wrote in Hindi, and also an eminent critic and essayist. He was a recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1989 for his poetry collection Akaal Mein Saras (Cranes in Drought), and the prestigious Jnanpith Award in 2013, India's highest literary honor. Singh's poetry is known for its subtle, understated, and nuanced style, often associated with the New Poetry and Progressive Writers' Movements in Hindi, and deeply imbued with a folk and mythic consciousness. He also authored Banaras and Other Poems, and was a professor of Hindi at Jawaharlal Nehru University.