S. Tripathi Nirala
He was one of the pioneers of the CHAYAWAD movement in Hindi literature, though he was unrecognized during his life. His style of poetry, revolutionary for his time, often was unpublished due to its unconventional nature. He was a born genius.After matriculation he did not take any formal education in his early days.But through his natural intelligence he acquired huge knowledge in Sanskrit ,Bengali,and English literature.
Suryakant Tripathi `Nirala` was very unlucky person and his life is full of tragedies. In his early age his mother died .He moved to Gadhakola in Lucknow to which his father originally belonged. He married Anohar Devi at a very young age but she died when he was only 20 years old. After some years his only daughter died who was widow. Tripathi also had to face deep financial crisis.When he was in Bengal he was deeply influnced by Ramakrishna Paramhans, Swami Vivekananda and Rabindranath Tagore.
After his marriage his wife insisted him to learn Hindi. Learning Hindi he started to write in Hindi language instead of Bengali.He was very rebellious both in his content and writing style. He firmly stood against the corruption of social Establishment and authority. He protested against the social injustice and exploitation through he writings. For that he had to bear with several criticisms. In his last part of life he was the victim of Schizophrenia.
Suryakant Tripathi `Nirala` wrote 12 anthologies of poetry. Apart from that he penned six novels, many short stories, essays and criticism. He was immensely inspired by Indian Renaissance, which flourished in Bengal and tried to usher new verse in the modern age. He also made his mark in painting. He drew many sketches. He translated many famous Bengali literary works into Hindi. He died on 15th October 1961 in Allahabad.
Suryakant Tripathi `Nirala` was the one of the famous poets of Chhayavaad movements. He mixed the philosophy of Vedanta, nationalism, mysticism, and love for nature and progressive humanist ideology in his works.He started to use blank verse in his poems.He took the pseudonym, Nirala for his literary works.