Hindi poetess mahadevi verma biography
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| Name | Mahadevi Verma |
| Profession(s) | Poet, Novelist, Short story writer |
| Date of Birth | March 26, 1907 |
| Died | 11 September 1987 (aged 80) |
| Birth Place | Varanasi, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Hometown | Varanasi, India |
| School | Crosthwaite Girls College at Allahabad |
| College/University | Unknown |
| Educational Qualification(s) | Degree |
| Debut | Amrit ki Barah Kahaniya (Twelve Stories of Nectar) (1933) |
| Family | Father- Govind Prasad Varma Mother- Hem Rani Devi Brother- Ketan Bhagat, Anchor & Novelist (Younger) Sister- N/A |
| Marital Status | Married |
| Spouse | Dr Swarup Narain Varma (m. 1914–1966) |
| Children | NA |
| Books | Yama, Neerja, Chhavi, Jhankar, Amrit ki Barah Kahaniya, Yatra, Jivan Ki Asha, Ek Chadar Maili Si, Mahadevi Verma Rachnawali, Mahadevi Verma Granthawali. |
Who is Mahadevi Verma?
Mahadevi Verma was a renowned Hindi poet, novelist, and feminist. She was born in 1907 in Varanasi, India, and began writing at a young age. She went on to publish numerous collections of poetry and prose, as well as essays and plays.
Her writing is marked by a deep engagement with the natural world and a commitment to social and political issues, particularly the plight of women. She is known for her powerful, emotive poetry
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10 amazing facts about Mahadevi Varma
Mahadevi Varma was a famous Hindi poet, freedom fighter, educationist and known as “Meera” of the modern era.
She was born on 26 March 1907 in Farrukhabad Uttar Pradesh, India.
Do you know that she was one of the four founders of Chhayavad with Jaishankar Prasad, Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala' and Sumitranandan Pant.
That is why, in Hindi literature, she is considered as one of the foundational poets of the Chhayavad and a prominent poet in Hindi Kavi Sammelans.
Chhayavad is a literary movement of romanticism in modern Hindi poetry from 1914-1938.
10 Amazing facts about Mahadevi Varma
1. The education of Mahadevi Varma was started from the Mission School in Indore and she had completed the education of Sanskrit, English, Music and Painting at her house only. Strange that she was married in somewhat 1919 at the age of 9, took admission in Crosthwaite College, Allahabad and started living in the college hostel but his husband stayed in Lucknow.
2. She was very fond of studies and got first rank in Eight Class in the whole Province. At the age of 7 only she started writing poems and secretly her roommate outed her poems. In 1925, she passed the matriculation and also become famous as a very successful poet.
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