Mitti ka tan, masti ka man, kshan-bhar jivan — mera parichay........
Born on on 27 November 1907 in a Srivastava Kayastha family in the district of Pratapgarh, U.P. near Allahabad Harivansh Rai Bachchan was a great poet of early 20th century Hindi literature, Chhayavaad literary movement. He is also father of B...
simhasan hil uthe, rajavanshon ne bhrikuti tani thi,
boodhhe bharat mein aayi, phir se nayi jawaani thi,
gumi hui azadI ki keemat sab ne pahachani thi,
door firangi ko karne ki sab ne man mein thani thi.
chamak uthi san sattawan mein, woh talwaar puraani thi,
bundele harbolon ke munh ham ne sun...
A famous poet, novelist, essayist and story-writer Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala' born on February 21, 1899 in a Brahmin family of Midnapore in Bengal. He was a also a famous poet of Hindi Kavi Sammelan.Nirala's life, barring short periods, was one long sequence of misfortunes and tragedies. His father, 'P...
Vikram Seth was born on 20 June 1952 to Leila and Prem Seth in Calcutta. His family lived in many cities including the Bata Shoe Company town of Batanagar, Danapur near Patna, and in London.
Born in Calcutta, India, Seth spent part of his youth in London but returned to his homeland in 1957. After receiving primar...
An outstanding Hindi poet, was a freedom fighter, woman's activist, modern Meera and educationist from India, Mahadevi Verma born on 26 March 1907 n Farrukhabad, United Provinces in a family of lawyers.Mahadevi Varma was also a fervent woman activist, but not 'antagonistically feminist'. In fact, her writin...
The very Well known and the milestone of Hindi foremost Hindi-Urdu writer of the early twentieth century.He born on July 31, 1880 in the village Lamhi near Varanasi in a Kayastha family to Munshi Ajaib Lal, a postal clerk, and his wife Anandi. From 1899 to 1921 Premchand worked as a school teacher when in Gorakhpur he ...
Amit Chaudhuri is an English Indian Writer and Professor of Contemporary Literature at the University of East Anglia.Born in 1962 Calcutta. He is internationally recognized writer.
His Major and Famous Novels are:
A Strange and Sublime Address
The Immortals
St. Cyril Road and Other Poems
Real ...
Born on 24 November 1961, winner of Booker Award, writer of many screen plays and the most controversial writer from India Arundhati Roy is also a women's rights activist.Yet she has won the Booker award but her most of the novels are considered controversial in India.
Arundhati Roy was one of the contributors...
Famous Indian American Author Jumpa Lahiri was born on July 11, 1967 in an Bangali Indian family and is winner of Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Lahiri is a member of the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities, appointed by U.S. President Barack Obama.Lahiri then received multiple degrees from Boston Univer...
Born 24 June 1937,was a German.She grew up speaking German at home and Bengali, Urdu, Hindi and English outside the house. She first learned to read and write in English at school and as a result it became her "literary language.She was a student at Queen Mary's Higher Secondary School in Delhi and received her...