Jayshankar Prasad
A commemorative postage stamp on Chhayavadi Kavi Jaishankar Prasad (Kaladhar), a luminary of Hindi literature and Hindi theatre :
Issued by India
Issued on Sep 16, 1991
Description of Designs : The Commemorative stamps and the First Day Cover have been designed by Shri Sankh Samant. The Cancellation has been designed by Mrs. Neenu Gupta. The stamp on Mahadevi Verma depicts the portrait of the personality and a drawing based on her painting ‘Varsha’. The stamp on Jayshankar Prasad depicts the portrait of the personality and an illustration describing the first lines of his poem Kamayani.
Type : Stamp, Postal Used
Colour : Two colour
Denomination : 200 Paise
Overall size : 2.90 x 7.82 cms.
Printing size : 2.54 x 7.45 cms.
Perforation : 13 x 13
Paper : Indigenous Un W/M gravure coated Gummed Stamp Paper
Number Printed : 6,00,000
Number per issue sheet : 28
Printing Process : Photogravure
Printed : India Security Press
Name : Jai Shankar Prasad
Born on Jan 30, 1890 at Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
Died on Nov 15, 1937 at Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
About :
- Jayshankar Prasad was an eminent Hindi poet and dramatist. He was born in Varanasi in 1890 in the rich family of Sunghani Sahu. Prasad‘s first compositions in verse were in Brajbhasha in the form of ‘Samasya-purti‘. Most of his early writings were traditional in theme and craft and were published in the monthly ‘Indu‘ which he himself later edited. His first work is Chitradhar, a collection of poems, short stories, plays and essays, followed by Kanan-kusam, Prem-pathik and Karunalaya (lyrical dramas). Then he turned to Khariboli and gave a new direction to Hindi poetry. The publication of Jharna (1918) augurs romantic poetry and with it dawns the ‘chhayavad-yug‘ in Hindi literature. His magnum opus, Kamayani (1935) depicts the psychic journey of man through time and space. The poet has given a new interpretation to the allegory. An epic of enduring value, its theme of peace is of universal relevance.
- In his dramas we find Prasad to be a man of romantic temper with a rich cultural background. Most of the plays are historical but they present either the problems of our own society or delve deep into basic universal problems pertaining to human nature. Of his twelve plays, Chandragupta, Skandgupta, Ajatshatru and Dhruvaswamini occupy the pride of place in the history of Hindi drama.
- In contrast with his dramas, his two novels Kankal and Titli, and several collections of short stories are realistic in tone.
- Prasad was endowed with the rich creative genius of a trail-blazer. Disinterested in literary controversies, spurning the limelight of publicity, averse to both criticism and approbation, he devoted himself totally to the service of the muses. His contribution to Hindi Literature is indeed monumental. He died in 1937.
- Text : Courtesy Sahitya Academi, New Delhi.
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