Hindi Poet Kailash vajpeyi passes away

Renowned Hindi poet Kailash Vajpeyi, passed away on 1st April 2015 after a cardiac arrest.

Points To Remember:

• He died at the age of 79.
• He was awarded Sahitya Akademi award for his work, Hawa mein hastakshar.
• Kailash Vajpeyi belonged to Lucknow and completed his PhD in Hindi at 24.
• He began his career as a journalist and subsequently started teaching at Delhi University.
• Poet Ashok Vajpeyi said he became “an important Hindi poet” in the ‘60s when Hindi poetry was trying to challenge itself and the establishment.
• His other notable works include Sankrant, Dehant Se Hatkar, Teesra Andhera and Sufinama.
• Death was a recurrent theme in his poems