Harivansh Rai Bachhan

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Harivansh Bachchan Born November 27, 1907
U.P. near Allahabad in the United Provinces (modern Uttar Pradesh)
Died January 18, 2003(2003-01-18) (aged 95)
Mumbai, India
Occupation Poet
Spouse(s) Shyama (1926 - 1936), Teji Bachchan (1941 - 2003 his death)
Harivansh Rai "Bachchan" Shrivastav (November 27, 1907– January 18, 2003) was a distinguished Hindi poet of Chhayavaad literary movement (romantic upsurge) of early 20th century Hindi literature. He was also a famous poet of Hindi Kavi Sammelan. He is best known for his early work Madhushala (मधुशाला).[1] He is also the father of Bollywood megastar, Amitabh Bachchan.

Contents [hide]
1 Personal life and education
2 Career
2.1 Teaching career
3 Popular culture
4 Awards and honors
5 List of works
6 References [edit] Personal life and educationBorn in a Kayastha family, in the village of Babupatti (Raniganj) in the district of Pratapgarh, U.P. near Allahabad in the United Provinces (modern Uttar Pradesh). He was the eldest son of Pratap Narayan Shrivastav and Saraswati Devi. He was called bachchan (meaning 'child-like') at home. He received his formal schooling in a municipal school and followed the family tradition of attending Kayastha Paathshaalas (कायस्थ पाठशाला) to learn Urdu as the first step to a career in law. He later studied at the Allahabad University and Banaras Hindu University. In this period, he came under the influence of the independence movement, then under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi.

Realizing that this was not the path he wanted to follow, he went back to the university. However from 1941 to 1952 he taught in the English Department at the Allahabad University and after that he spent the next two years at Cambridge University doing his doctoral thesis on W.B. Yeats. It was then, that he used ‘Bachchan’ as his last name instead of Srivastava. Harivanshrai’s thesis got him his PhD at Cambridge. He is the second

References: Bachchan died on January 18, 2003, at the age of 95, as a result of various respiratory ailments.[2] His wife Teji Bachchan died four years later in 2007, at the age of 93. [edit] List of worksPoems (काव्य) (तेरा हार) (1932) Madhushala (मधुशाला) (1935) Madhubala (मधुबाला) (1936) Madhukalash (मधुकलश) (1937) Nisha Nimantran (निशा निमंत्रण) (1938) Ekaant Sangeet (एकांत संगीत) (1939) Aakul Antar (आकुल अंतर) (1943) Satarangini (सतरंगिनी) (1945) Halaahal (हलाहल) (1946) Bengal ka Kaavya (बंगाल का काव्य) (1946) yaadi ke Phool (खादी के फूल) (1948) Soot ki Maala (सूत की माला) (1948) Milan Yamini (मिलन यामिनी) (1950) Pranay Patrika (प्रणय पत्रिका) (1955) Dhaar ke idhar udhar (धार के इधर उधर) (1957) Aarti aur Angaare (आरती और अंगारे) (1958) Buddha aur Naachghar (बुद्ध और नाचघर) (1958) Tribhangima (त्रिभंगिमा) (1961) Chaar kheme Chaunsath khoonte (चार खेमे चौंसठ खूंटे) (1962) Do Chattane (दो चट्टानें) (1965) Bahut din beete (बहुत दिन बीते) (1967) Kat-ti pratimaaon ki awaaz (कटती प्रतिमाओं की आवाज़) (1968) Ubharte pratimaano ke roop (उभरते प्रतिमानों के रूप) (1969) Jaal sameta (जाल समेटा) (1973) Nirman Miscellaneous (विविध) Bachpan ke saath kshan bhar (बचपन के साथ क्षण भर) (1934) Khaiyyam ki madhushala (खय्याम की मधुशाला) (1938) Sopaan (सोपान) (1953) Mcbeth (1957) Jangeet (जनगीता) (1958) Othello (1959) Omar Khaiyyam ki rubaaiyan (उमर खय्याम की रुबाइयाँ) (1959) Kaviyon ke saumya sant: Pant (कवियों के सौम्य संत: पंत) (1960) Aaj ke lokpriya Hindi kavi: Sumitranandan Pant (आज के लोकप्रिय हिन्दी कवि: सुमित्रानंदन पंत) (1960) Aadhunik kavi: 7 (आधुनिक कवि: ७) (1961) Nehru: Raajnaitik jeevanchitra (नेहरू: राजनैतिक जीवनचित्र) (1961) Naye puraane jharokhe (नये पुराने झरोखे) (1962) Abhinav sopaan (अभिनव सोपान) (1964) Chausath roosi kavitaayein (चौसठ रूसी कवितायें) (1964)