# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kailash-vajpeyi
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:49:08.996Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kailash-vajpeyi"
name: "Kailash Vajpeyi"
slug: "kailash-vajpeyi"
description: "Kailash Vajpeyi was an Indian poet, writer, and lyricist who chiefly wrote Hindi language poems throughout his literary career. He wrote more than 28 books, including one of his publications Hawa Mein Hastakshar which translates to \"signature in the air\" for which he was awarded a literary honour Sahitya Akademi Award in 2009. The University of Lucknow awarded him Vachaspati title in recognition of his contribution to Hindi literature."
tagline: "Indian poet"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%88%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B6_%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%80.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1936-11-11"
deathDate: "2015-04-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.72
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.404644
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kailash_Vajpeyi"
    title: "Kailash Vajpeyi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%88%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B6_%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%80"
    title: "कैलाश वाजपेयी"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%88%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B6_%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%80"
    title: "कैलाश वाजपेयी"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%95%E0%A9%88%E0%A8%B2%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%BC_%E0%A8%B5%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%9C%E0%A8%AA%E0%A9%87%E0%A8%88"
    title: "ਕੈਲਾਸ਼ ਵਾਜਪੇਈ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%B8%2C_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%88"
    title: "Ваджпейи, Кайлаш"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4102301"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump