[1] Bhawani Prasad Mishra was born on 29 March 1913 in the village Tigaria of Hoshangabad district in erstwhile Central Province of British India.
Mishra died on 20 February 1985 among his family at Narsinghpur town of Madhya Pradesh where he had gone to attend a marriage function.
[2] Mishra's work spans genres such as poetry, essays, memoirs, children's literature, and translations.
His poetry was known for its profound emotional depth but for having a simple language that could be accessible to the common masses.
He used to call it a kind of poisoned sweet in the garb of present English education system of India.