    nagarjun (yatri, baba nagarjun, vaidya nath mishra) (30 june 1911 â 5 november 1998) was a major hindi and maithili poet who has also penned a number of novels, short stories, literary biographies and travelogues, and was known as janakavi- the people's poet.an ocean of intellect passes into history the tribune, 29 november 1998.obituary www.revolutionarydemocracy.org. == biography == === early life and education === baba nagarjun was born as vaidya nath mishra, in 1911, into a maithil brahmin family in a small village of satlakha in madhubani district of bihar, india, which was his mother's village, his original village is tarauni in darbhanga district, bihar. he later converted to buddhism and got the name nagarjun. his mother died when he was only three, and his father being a vagabond himself, couldn't support him so young vaidya nath thrived on the support of his relatives, and the scholarships he won on the account of him being an exceptional student. soon he became proficient in sanskrit, pali and prakrit languages, which he first learnt locally and later at varanasi and calcutta, where he was also semi-employed, while pursuing his studies. meanwhile he married aparajita devi and the couple had six children. === career === he started his literary career with maithili poems by the pen-name of yatri (à¤¯à¤¾à¤¤à¥à¤°à¥) in early 1930s. by mid 1930s, he started writing poetry in hindi. his first permanent job of a full-time teacher, took him to saharanpur (uttar pradesh), though he didn't stay there fo
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