| Name
/ Title |
HARIVANSH RAI
BACHCHAN (Shrivastav) |
| Date of
Birth |
November 27, 1907 – Allahabad, Uttar
Pradesh, India. |
| Date of
Death |
January 18, 2003 – Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. |
| Identity |
Indian poet of Chhayavaad literary movement (romantic
upsurge) of early 20th century Hindi literature. |
|
Date-wise Events / Works |
- 1966: He was nominated to
the Indian Rajya Sabha.
- 1969: He was decorated with
Sahitya Akademi award.
- 1976: He was honoured with
the Padma Bhushan for his immense contribution to Hindi
literature.
- November 1984: He wrote his
last poem ‘Ek November1984’ on Indira Gandhi’s
assassination.
|
| General |
- He was also a famous poet of the Hindi Kavi Sammelan.
- He is best known for his early work Madhushala.
- He is also the father of the noted Hindi film actor,
Amitabh Bachchan.
- After the early death of his first wife, he married
again to Teji Bachchan from whom he got two sons, viz.
Amitabh and Ajitabh.
- Besides Omar Khayyam’s Rubaiyat, he is also remembered
for his Hindi translations of Shakespeare’s Macbeth and
Othello and also the Bhagvad Gita.
- He often used to introduce himself as: Mitti ka tan,
masti ka man, kshan-bhar jivan. (A body of clay, a mind
full of play, a moment’s life - that is me.).
- Initially, he also worked for some time as a producer
for All India Radio.
- He was also honoured with the Saraswati Samman,
the Sovietland Nehru Award and the Lotus Award of the
Afro-Asian writers’ conference, for his unique contribution
to the world of letters.
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