Soumitra Mohan

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Soumitra Mohan (b. 1938) (Hindi: सौमित्र मोहन) is a prominent Hindi poet and an exponent of the Akavita (अकविता - anti-poetry) movement in Hindi poetry. Best remembered for his long poem, Luqman Ali (लुक़मान अली), Mohan has published two anthologies of poems in Hindi so far -- 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), 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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