Harivansh Rai Bachchan

Hindi littérateur Harivansh Rai Bachchan was born in
Allahabad in 1907. He acquired immense popularity in 1930s
through Madhushala, a long poem inspired by the Rubaiyat of
Omar Khayyam. He remains one of the most influential figures
inHindi literature of the twentieth century.
Dr Rupert Snell is Reader in Hindi at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. He has published a variety of studies on Hindi language and literature and his interests include both medieval and modern works. He is currently translating contemporary Hindi poetry and also writing a study of the seventeenth century court poet Biharilal.