Shiv Kumar Batalvi Born Shiv Kumar ( 1937-10-23)23 October 1937,, British India (Present day Pakistan) Died 6 May 1973 ( 1973-05-06) (aged 35) Kir Mangyal,, India Occupation Poet, author, playwright Nationality Indian Punjabi Period 1937–1973 Genre poetry,, play Subject,, Literary movement Notable works (1965) Shiv Kumar Batalvi (23 October 1936 – 6 May 1973) was a poet, who was most known for his romantic poetry, noted for its heightened passion, pathos, separation and lover's agony. He became the youngest recipient of the in 1967, given by (India's National Academy of Letters), for his epic based on the ancient legend of Puran Bhagat, Loona (1965), now considered a masterpiece in modern, and which also created a new genre, of modern. Citrix Presentation Server Client For 64-bit Windows 7. Today, his poetry stands in equal footing, amongst that by stalwarts of modern, like and, all of whom are popular on both sides of. Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Biography [ ] Shiv Kumar was born on 23 July 1936 (though a few documents related to him state 8 October 1937) in village,, District (now in province, ), to Pandit Krishan Gopal, village in the revenue department, and Shanti Devi, a housewife. Limewire Pro V5 2 69 2010 Final By Chattchitto Rar. [ ] In 1947, when he was aged 11, his family moved to after, where his father continued his work as a and young Shiv received his primary education. Allegedly, he was a dreamy child, often vanishing for the duration of the day, to be found lying under trees by the riverbank close to the or Hindu temple outside the village, lost in a brown reverie. Baixaki Br Webinaria. He appears to have been fascinated by local renditions of the Hindu epic, as well as wandering singers, and the like – which feature as metaphors in his poetry, giving it a uniquely rural flavour.