Date of Birth
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04-April-1889
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Place of Birth
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Babai, Madhya Pradesh
(India, Madhya Pradesh, Hoshangabad district)
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Nationality
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India
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Profession
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Journalist, Writer, Poet, Essayist, Playwright
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Pandit Makhanlal Chaturvedi, also called Panditji, was an Indian poet, writer, essayist, playwright and a journalist who is particularly remembered for his participation in India's national struggle for independence and his contribution to Chhayavaad, the Neo-romanticism movement of Hindi literature. He was awarded the first Sahitya Akademi Award in Hindi for his work Him Taringini in 1955.
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