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'''Kanchinath Jha "Kiran"''' ({{lang|mai|कांचीनाथ झा ‘किरण’}} ''{{transl|mai|Kāñcīnāth Jhā Kīraṇ}}''; 1906–1989) was an Indian [[Maithili language|Maithili-language]] writer. His poetry was representative of the new modernist spirit in [[Maithili literature]] after the Second World War.<ref name="George1992">{{cite book|author=K. M. George|title=Modern Indian Literature, an Anthology: Surveys and poems|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m1R2Pa3f7r0C&pg=PA227|year=1992|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-7201-324-0|page=227}}</ref> In addition to essays and articles, he wrote novels (like ''Chandigrahan'') which feature [[Literary realism|realism]] and treat the problems of common people.<ref name="Choudhary1976">{{cite book|last=Choudhary|first=Radhakrishna|title=A Survey of Maithili Literature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C0f898HDLAYC&pg=PA181|year=1976|publisher=Ram Vilas Sahu|isbn=978-93-80538-36-5|page=181|quote=[He] is a man of the earth and sees things from common man's point of view. He is capable of calling a spade a spade.}}</ref><br />
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The ''Kiran Memorial Educational Welfare Society'' was established in his name.<ref>{{cite web |title=Jha Dedicates His Life to Rural Students in Jharkhand |last=Sinha |first=Abhishek |date=August 2015 |url=http://smeworld.asia/Stories.aspx?Stories=Stories-67/jha-dedicates-his-life-to-rural-students-in-jharkhand#.VqAoraPyL0A |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6ejfBBFSA?url=http://smeworld.asia/Stories.aspx?Stories=Stories-67%2Fjha-dedicates-his-life-to-rural-students-in-jharkhand#.VqAoraPyL0A |archive-date=22 January 2016 |url-status=dead |access-date=5 December 2017 }}</ref><br />
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== Further reading ==<br />
*{{cite book|last=Mishra|first=Kulanand|title=Kanchinath Jha 'kiran'|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6saZ-5Yq20IC|date=1998|publisher=Sahitya Akademi Publications|language=Maithili|isbn=978-81-260-0463-8}}<br />
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