He also wrote about a king falling in love with a celestial nymph.
This author's earliest work has been criticized on the grounds that it focuses on a single emotional theme, erotic love. That work is divided into six cantos, each of which deals with a different season. In one of his works, a queen imprisons one of the title characters because her husband has fallen in love with a picture of her, but the servant who the king is in love with turns out to be of royal birth. He also wrote about a king falling in love with a celestial nymph. This author of (*) Malavika and Agnimitra and Urvashi Won by Valour continued the theme of kings falling in love with a play whose title character is loved by Dushyanta, but a curse causes him to forget her, which can only be cured if he sees the ring which he had earlier given her. For 10 points, name this Sanskrit author of "The Cloud Messenger" and The Recognition of Shakuntala.
This author's earliest work has been criticized on the grounds that it focuses on a single emotional theme, erotic love.
Kalidasa