Rajkamal Chaudhary

Rajkamal Chaudhary

Rajkamal Chaudhary (1929-1967), (also spelled as Rajkamal Chaudhari) was an Indian poet, [cite book |title=Indian Writing Today |last= |first= |year=1971 |publisher= |isbn= |pages=p. 128 |url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=t-UvAAAAIAAJ&q=(%22Rajkamal+Chaudhary%22+|+%22Rajkamal+Chaudhari%22)&dq=(%22Rajkamal+Chaudhary%22+|+%22Rajkamal+Chaudhari%22)&num=100&pgis=1 |accessdate=2008-10-06] short story writer, [cite book |title=Four Decades of Indian Literature |last=Mācave |first=Prabhākara |coauthors=Prabhakar Balvant Machwe |year=1976 |publisher=Chetana Publications |pages=p. 18 |url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=3_1jAAAAMAAJ&q=(%22Rajkamal+Chaudhary%22+|+%22Rajkamal+Chaudhari%22)&dq=(%22Rajkamal+Chaudhary%22+|+%22Rajkamal+Chaudhari%22)&num=100&pgis=1 |accessdate=2008-10-06] novelist, critic and thinker in Hindi, Maithili and Bangla languages. He was known as "a bold leader of new poetry" [cite book |title=A History of Modern Maithili Literature |last=Jha |first=Devakānta |year=2004 |publisher=Sahitya Akademi |isbn=9788126018925 |pages=p. 83 |url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=hdRjAAAAMAAJ&q=(%22Rajkamal+Chaudhary%22+|+%22Rajkamal+Chaudhari%22)&dq=(%22Rajkamal+Chaudhary%22+|+%22Rajkamal+Chaudhari%22)&num=100&pgis=1 |accessdate=2008-10-06] and writer who "stands out differently" from most other experimentalists. [cite book |title=Learn and Speak 15 Indian Languages Through Hindi and English |last=Machwe |first=Prabhakar |year=2008 |publisher=Diamond Pocket Books |isbn=9788171821624 |pages=p. 128 |url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=n7_MJ1EpV74C&pg=PA128&dq=(%22Rajkamal+Chaudhary%22+|+%22Rajkamal+Chaudhari%22)&num=100&sig=ACfU3U1Xfz6VabobbYj86pPOBWSP6bu1sA |accessdate=2008-10-06]

Biography

Raj Kamal was born at Mehsi village in Saharsa district of Bihar. While at Calcutta(now Kolkata) he came in touch with the Hungryalists, known also as Bhukhi Peerhi, and contributed to their bulletins. He was in close contact with Patna-based Malay Roychoudhury,Subimal Basak and Samir Roychoudhury of the Bhukhi Peerhi movement.

Major works

* "Machhali Mari Hui" (A Fish Dead), novel [cite book |title=Gandhi's Tiger and Sita's Smile |last=Vanita |first=Ruth |year=2005 |publisher=Yoda Press |isbn=9788190227254 |pages=p. 148 |url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=zN4nTmnlwsAC&pg=PA148&dq=(%22Rajkamal+Chaudhary%22+|+%22Rajkamal+Chaudhari%22)&num=100&client=firefox-a&sig=ACfU3U2WA0B9A-Ifu9bTtaQ9ci7xX7t47g |accessdate=2008-10-06]
* "Nadi Bahati Thi" (There Flowed a River), novel
* "Mukti Prasanga" [cite book |title=Indian Literature Since Independence |last=Iyengar |first=K. R. Srinivasa |year=1973 |publisher=Sahitya Akademi |pages=p. 87 |url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=cN9jAAAAMAAJ&q=(%22Rajkamal+Chaudhary%22+|+%22Rajkamal+Chaudhari%22)&dq=(%22Rajkamal+Chaudhary%22+|+%22Rajkamal+Chaudhari%22)&num=100&pgis=1 |accessdate=2008-10-06] (a long poem prescribed in many colleges and universities including University of Delhi)
*"Kankawati"
* "Das Kavita"
* "Agni-snaan"
* "Paththar ke neeche dabe hue haath"
* "Tash ke patton ka shahar"

References


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