Harivansh Rai Bachchan

Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Harivansh Rai Bachchan
PhD)
Notable awardsPadma Bhushan (1976)
Spouse
  • Shyama Bachchan
    ​
    ​
    (m. 1926; died 1936)​

    Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha[2]
In office
3 April 1966 – 2 April 1972
ConstituencyNominated
Signature

Harivansh Rai Bachchan (

né Srivastava; 27 November 1907 – 18 January 2003) was an Indian poet and writer of the Nayi Kavita literary movement (romantic upsurge) of early 20th century Hindi literature. He was also a poet of the Hindi Kavi Sammelan. He is best known for his early work Madhushala.[3] He was the father of Amitabh Bachchan, and grandfather of Shweta Bachchan and Abhishek Bachchan. His wife Teji Bachchan was a social activist. In 1976, he received the Padma Bhushan for his service to Hindi literature.[4]

Personal life

Bachchan was born at

Allahabad University and after that, he spent the next two years at St Catharine's College, Cambridge, completing a PhD on W. B. Yeats.[3]

Bachchan married Shyama Bachchan in 1926. The latter died of tuberculosis in 1936. In 1941, he married Teji Suri.[8][9]

Writing career

Bachchan was fluent in several

Persian and Urdu poetry, particularly Omar Khayyam.[12]

Works used in movies

Bachchan's work has been used in movies and music. For example, couplets of his work "Agneepath" are used throughout the 1990 film

Ishqbaaz.[13]

Mitti ka tan, masti ka man, kshan-bhar jivan – mera parichay.
(मिट्टी का तन, मस्ती का मन, क्षण भर जीवन, मेरा परिचय)
(A body of clay, a mind full of play, a life of a moment – that's me)[3]

List of works

See also

References

  1. ISBN 9780140276633
    . When we entered Amit for school, we adopted 'Bachchan' as our family name, registering him as 'Amitabh Bachchan'; and when our second son was born, he was called 'Ajitabh Bachchan'
  2. ^ "Nominated Members Since 1952". 164.100.47.5. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  3. ^ a b c Harivanshrai Bachchan, 1907–2003[usurped] Obituary, Frontline, (The Hindu), 1–14 February 2003.
  4. ^ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  5. ^ "खुली किताब सा जीवन : हरिवंश राय बच्चन की जीवनी के चार खंड!". The Better India - Hindi. 25 November 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  6. ^ "Harivansh Rai Bachchan | Indian poet". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  7. ^ Harivansh Rai Bachchan. kya bhulun kya yaad karu. pp. 11–12.
  8. ^ "इस बीमारी से हुई थी हरिवंश राय की पहली पत्नी की डेथ, इनसे की दूसरी शादी". Dainik Bhaskar (in Hindi). 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  9. ^ "एक अफेयर से लेकर दो शादियों तक, ऐसी थी Amitabh Bachchan के पिता हरिवंश राय की ज़िंदगी". ABP News (in Hindi). 24 December 2020. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  10. ^
    ISBN 9781108246316
    .
  11. ISBN 9780195692266
    . Harivansh Rai Bachchan recalled how some of the Urdu vocabulary used by audiences in appreciating poetic recitals in Hindi kavi sammelans was consciously changed to Sanskritized Hindi creating an artificial Hindi idiom.
  12. ^ Gopal, Madan (1996). Origin and development of Hindi/Urdu literature. Deep & Deep Publications. p. 204. He was influenced by Persian and Urdu poetry, especially by Omar Khayyam and started versifying in the Bachchalian style.
  13. ^ Harivansh Rai Bachchan (1907–2003). IMDb
  14. ^ Bachhan, Harivansh Rai. Madhubala by Harivansh Rai Bachchan.
  15. ISBN 0670881589
    .

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Harivansh Rai Bachchan.

Further reading

  1. Kaveendra, Anil Pushker. Harivanshrai Bachchan Ki Anuvad Drishti (Hindi) (Hardcover) (2013). Ruby Press & Co., New Delhi.
    ISBN 978-93-82395-20-1
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Harivansh_Rai_Bachchan&oldid=1220294645"