Portal:Literature/Biography archive/2008, Week 5

Jaishankar Prasad (January 30, 1889 - January 14, 1937) (Hindi: जयशंकर प्रसाद) was one of the most famous figures in modern Hindi literature. He was a dramatist, novelist, poet and story-writer. Prasad belonged to the Chhayavaadi school of Hindi poetry. His most famous work is Kamayani.