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This is a list of notable poets from Nigeria This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
Adebayo Mosobalaje Faleti Listen ⓘ (26 December 1921 – 23 July 2017) was Africa's first newscaster, [1] Africa's first stage play director, [2] Nigeria's first film editor and librarian with the first television station in Africa - Western Nigeria Television (WNTV), [3] Nigeria's first Yoruba presenter on television and radio alike, a Nigerian poet, journalist, writer, Nollywood film ...
Sharma wrote several poems, under the pen name Naveen, since his college days which reflected patriotic fervor [12] and published many anthologies such as Kumkum, Rashmirekha, Apalak, Kwasi, Vinoba Stavan and Urmila. He was the editor of the Hindi language literary magazine, Prabha. [13]
Hindi has a rich legacy of poetry. There are several genres of poetry based on Ras, Chhand and Alankar (e.g., Shringar, Karun, Veer, Hāsya, etc.). [16] Hasya Kavita is humorous comic poetry in Hindi. It is particularly famous due to Hindi kavi sammelans. Bal kavita is children's rhymes in Hindi. Many attempts have been made to document Hindi ...
The letter was one of a diplomatic nature, it also contained poetry and an erudite understanding of Islamic law. This letter contains the earliest extant indigenous written poem produced in Nigeria. [60] Muhammad al-Maghili wrote On The Obligations of Princes in Kano for Muhammad Rumfa in the 15th century. Al-Maghili was a Berber from North ...
Gopal Singh Nepali (1911–1963), poet of Hindi literature and lyricist of Bollywood; Gopal Prasad Vyas (1915–2005), poet, known for his humorous poems; Gopaldas Neeraj (born 1924), poet and author; Gulab Khandelwal (born 1924), poetry including some in Urdu and English; Guru Bhakt Singh 'Bhakt' (1893-1983), poet and dramatist
Surdas's poetry was written in a dialect of Hindi called Braj Bhasha, until then considered to be a very plebeian language, as the prevalent literary languages were either Persian or Sanskrit. His work raised the status of the Braj Bhasha from a crude language to that of a literary one. [8]
Bharat Bhushan Agarwal (born 3 August 1919 – 23 June 1975) was a Hindi litterateur and poet who has been honored by Sahitya Akademi [1] in 1978 for their poem Utna Vah Suraj Hai. He was also an important poet of Tar Saptak [ 2 ] edited by Agyeya .