Suryakant Tripathi Nirala

सूर्यकांत त्रिपाठी निराला

Suryakant Tripathi Nirala (21 February 1896–15 October 1961) was born in a Brahmin family of Midnapore in Bengal (originally from Gadhakola, Unnao,Uttar Pradesh). He was one of the most famous figures of the modern Hindi literature. He was a poet, novelist, essayist and story-writer. He also drew many sketches. Nirala was a major poet of the Chhayavaad movement along with Jaishankar Prasad, Sumitranandan Pant and Mahadevi Verma. His poetical works are: Anaamika, Ram Ki Shakti Puja, Dhwani, Saroj Smriti, Parimal, Geetika, Kukurmutta, Anima, Bela, Naye Patte, Archana, Geet Gunj, Aradhana, Tulsidas, Janmabhumi and Jago Phir Ek Bar. Many collections of h is famous poems such as Raag Viraag, Apra, Sandhya Kakali have also been published.