Vidyapati

Vidyapati a renowned devotee of Lord Krsna who appeared approximately one hundred years before Sriman Mahaprabhu in a brahman family of scholars and ministers in Mithila in North India. His poems describing the Pastimes of Sri Sri Radha-Krsna, and in particular his songs describing separation, were very dear to Sriman Mahaprabhu.

— books Sri Sri Prema-vivarta / Glossary