Ramji Thakur
Ramji Thakur is a Sanskrit poet. He won Sahitya Akademi Award in 2012 for his work Laghupadyahprabandhatrayi.
Early life
He was born in Phulgama province of Nepal. The Vaishnavic poet Govinda Thakur and his step brother, the famous poet Ruchikar were his ancestors. His gurus included Lakhshminath Jha, V.R.Sharma and Pt.Shobhakant Jayadev Jha.He completed his Acharya from Bihar Sanskrit Samiti, Patna 1956 with a gold medal. He earned an M.A.in 1960 from Bihar University, Muzaffarpur and Ph.D. in 1981 from Lalit Narayan Mithila University, Darbhanga with the topic: बाणभटस्य रचनासु प्र॓ક્ષIविलास'''.'''
Career
He served as lecturer in Purnima Ramapratap Sanskrit college, Baigani, Darbhanga from 1964 to 1972.He taught at Maharaj Lakshmi Singh college from 1972 to 1989.
Personal life
The poet retired from the Sanskrit department of Lalit Narayan Mithila University, Darbhanga.Books
KHANDKAAVYAM:-Vaidehi padankam 1998Radha Viraham 1998Prem Rahasyam 2003Baneshwari Charitam 2004Govind Charitamritam 2005Matristanyam 2007KAAVYAAMGeetimadhuri 2009
MUKTKAAVYAMAryavilaasah 2009Laghupadyahprabandhatrayi 2010Kaavyakoshah 2011Paryay Charitam Kavyam 2015Amritmanthanam 2016