Arun Kamal
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Born15 February 1954 
(age 71)
(age 71)Notable awardsSahitya Akademi Award
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| Born | 15 February 1954 (age 71) |
| Notable awards | Sahitya Akademi Award |
Arun Kamal is an Indian poet in modern Hindi literature with a progressive, ideological poetic style. Apart from poetry, Kamal has also written criticism and has done translations in Hindi.[1][2] He was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award for Hindi in 1998.[citation needed]
Arun Kamal's real name is Arun Kumar.[citation needed] For literary writing, he adopted the name Arun Kamal.[citation needed] He was born on 15 February 1954 at Nasriganj in Bihar. He has been a professor in the English Department of Patna University.[3] He lives in Patna.[citation needed]
