Soumitra Mohan

Soumitra Mohan (born 1938) (Hindi: सौमित्र मोहन) is a prominent Hindi poet [cite book |title=Pratibha India |last= |first= |year=2004 |publisher=A. Sitesh |isbn= |pages= |url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=uiNaAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Soumitra+Mohan%22&dq=%22Soumitra+Mohan%22&num=100&pgis=1 |accessdate=2008-10-06] and an exponent of the Akavita (अकविता - anti-poetry) movement in Hindi poetry. [cite book |title=The Indian Literary Review |last= |first= |year=1979 |publisher=Indian Literary Review |isbn= |pages=p. 10 |url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=uPP7r_TMWWcC&q=%22Soumitra+Mohan%22+%2Bakavita&dq=%22Soumitra+Mohan%22+%2Bakavita&num=100&pgis=1 |accessdate=2008-10-06] He is known as a rebel [cite book |title=Indian Scholar |last= |first= |year=1981 |publisher=J. Srihari Rao |isbn= |pages=p. 154 |url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=jlpeAAAAIAAJ&q=%22Soumitra+Mohan%22&dq=%22Soumitra+Mohan%22&num=100&pgis=1 |accessdate=2008-10-06] who voiced vehement protest, [cite book |title=Four Decades of Indian Literature |last=Mācave |first=Prabhākara |coauthors=Prabhakar Balvant Machwe |year=1976 |publisher=Chetana Publications |isbn= |pages=p. 91 |url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=3_1jAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Soumitra+Mohan%22&dq=%22Soumitra+Mohan%22&num=100&pgis=1 |accessdate=2008-10-06] and is best remembered for his poem, "Luqman Ali" (लुक़मान अली), [cite book |title=Indian Writing Today |last= |first= |year= |publisher=Centre for Indian Writers |isbn= |pages=p. 144 |url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=CukvAAAAIAAJ&q=%22Soumitra+Mohan%22&dq=%22Soumitra+Mohan%22&num=100&pgis=1 |accessdate=2008-10-06] Mohan has published two anthologies of poems in Hindi -- "Chaaku Se Khelte Hue (चाकू से खेलते हुए -" 1972) and "Luqman Ali (लुक़मान अली -" 1978). Mohan is also a distinguished translator and has published translation of several prose works -- most notably "Dehra Mein Ab Bhi Ugte Hain Hamare Ped" (देहरा में अब भी उगते हैं हमारे पेड़ - translation of Ruskin Bond's "Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra"). He was one of major poets featured in "Nishedh (निषेध)," [cite book |title=Poetry and National Awakening |last=Pr̲abhākaravāriyar |first=Ke. Eṃ |year=1978 |publisher=Mahakavi Vallathol Birth Centenary Celebrations Committee |isbn= |pages=p. 5 |url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=7GEOAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Soumitra+Mohan%22&dq=%22Soumitra+Mohan%22&num=100&pgis=1 |accessdate=2008-10-06] a landmark anthology of poems published in the 1970s. Despite having published his writings sparingly, Mohan's stature as a major Hindi poet of the 20th century is widely accepted.

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