Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala' was one of the most famous figures, who contributed to modern Hindi literature. He was a poet, novelist, essayist and story-writer. Nirala is known to pioneer the Chhayavaad movement. Nirala's works tit...

Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala' was one of the most famous figures, who contributed to modern Hindi literature. He was a poet, novelist, essayist and story-writer.

Nirala is known to pioneer the Chhayavaad movement. Nirala's works titled Parimal and Anaamika are considered landmarks in Chhayavaadi Hindi literature. However, his work was unrecognized during his living years. His style of poetry was revolutionary for his time, and therefore was unpublished due to its unconventional nature.

Most of his works voiced a protest. The sources of his themes included history, religion, nature, Puranas and contemporary socio and political situations. His poem Saroj Smriti is one of his greatest works that demonstrates his emotions for his beloved daughter.

Nirala's life, unfortunately was a long sequence of tragedies. His father was a government servant and was a tyrannical person. His mother died when he was a young boy. Nirala was educated in Bengali.

After his marriage, Nirala learnt Hindi at the insistence of his wife, Manohara Devi. Soon, he began writing poems in Hindi, instead of Bengali. However, his wife died, when he was 20, and later his daughter (who was a widow) also passed away. He also went through problems financially. During this time, he worked for many publishers, worked as a proof-reader and also edited Samanvaya.