He was born on 7 July 1934 in village Chakia of Ballia district in eastern Uttar Pradesh.[2] He completed his graduation from Udai Pratap College, Varanasi. He passed M.A from Kashi Hindu Vishwavidyalaya and did his Ph.D from the same University. In Gorakhpur, he spent some time as a Hindi Teacher and went to Jawaharlal Nehru University, where he served as a professor and the head of department of Hindi Language in Indian Languages Center and retired as a professor from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He lived in New Delhi. He died on 19 March 2018 in Delhi.[
अकाल की स्थिति में सारस का झुंड पानी की तलाश में इधर- उधर भटक रहा है एक बुढ़िया पानी का कटोरा उनके लिए रखती है लेकिन सारस का झुंड इस बात से अनजान है केदारनाथ सिंह के द्वारा लिखी गई कविता अकाल में सारस सुनते हैं पवन मिश्रा जी की आवाज में
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