Mahadevi Varma (
Hindi:
महादेवी वर्मा, 26 March 1907– September 11, 1987) best known as outstanding
Hindi poet, was also a freedom fighter, woman's activist and educationist. She was also a
famous poet of Hindi Kavi Sammelan. She is widely regarded as the "modern
Meera"
[citation needed]. She was a major poet of the
Chhayavaad generation, a period of romanticism in Modern
Hindi poetry ranging from 1914-1938. With passage of time, her limited but outstanding prose has also being recognised as unique in Hindi Literature.
She was the Principal, and then the Vice Chancellor of Prayag Mahila Vidyapeeth, a woman's residential college in Allahabad. She was awarded, India's highest literary award, for lifetime achievement, the
Sahitya Akademi Fellowship in 1979, followed by the
Jnanpith Award in 1982.
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