KENDARNATH SINGH WAS ONE OF THE MOST PROMINENT MODERN POETS WRITING IN HINDI HE ALSO AN EMINENT CRITICK AND ESSAYIST HE WAS AWARDED THE JNANPIT AWARD AND SAHITHYA KALA AKADAMI IN HIS PPOET COLLECTION AKAL MAI BORN IN 07 JULY 1934 AND DIED 19 MARCH 2018 AT AIMS DELHI