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July 23, 1936
Bara Pind Lohtian, Shakargarh Tehsil, Punjab, British India Died May 7, 1973 (aged 36)
Kir Mangyal, Pathankot, India Occupation poet, author, playwright Nationality Indian Period 1960–1973 Genres poetry, prose, play Subjects pathos, passion, separation Literary movement romanticism Notable work(s) Loona (1965)
Shiv Kumar was born in a Saraswat Brahmin family on 23 July 1936 (though a few documents related to him state October 7th, 1937 as his DOB), in village Bara Pind Lohtian, Shakargarh Tehsil,Sialkot District (now in Punjab province, Pakistan),[7] to Pandit Krishan Gopal, village tehsildar in the revenue department, and Shanti Devi, a housewife.
In 1947, when he was just 11, his family moved to Batala Gurdaspur district after partition of India, where his father continued his work as a patwari and young Shiv received his primary education.[8]Allegedly, he was a dreamy child, often vanishing for the duration of the day, to be found lying under trees by the riverbank close to the Mandir or Hindu temple outside the village, lost in a brown reverie. He appears to have been fascinated by local renditions of the Hindu Epic Ramayana, as well as wandering Minstrel singers, Snake Charmers & the like - which feature as metaphors in his poetry, giving it a uniquely rural flavor.
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