Please answer the following question: Gajendra Thakur (born 1971) ( ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ) is an Indian author. He writes in the Maithili language a language spoken in Northern Bihar (of India) and South-Eastern Nepal. Given a list of categories: company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work, what category does the paragraph belong to?
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Artist