Bedhab Banarasi
Bedhab Banarasi ('बेढ़ब' बनारसी) was a Hindi writer of the Twentieth century, famous for his witty style of writing. He has written a number humorous and satirical articles, novels and poems in Hindi under the pen name of Bedhab Banarasi. He has published about a dozen books in prose and poetry.
Krishnadev Prasad Gaur | |
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| Born | 11 November 1885 Benaras (now Varanasi), Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Died | May 6, 1968 (aged 82) |
| Pen name | Bedhab Banarasi (बेढब बनारसी) |
| Occupation | Hindi novelist and poet |
| Genre | Humour and satire |
Bedhab's poems deal with issues of society, romance, modernity and politics. His humorous poems present biting and sarcastic comments on the incongruities of life. Bedhab took to humorous writing at a time when the revivalist trends in the entire nation was very strong.
The short stories of Bedhab narrate the turmoil in the life of the middle class of both cities and villages of Indian in the early to mid twentieth century. He invested humour with the dignity of a serious literary genre and endeavoured to develop it along healthy lines.
His major compositions include " Lieutenant Pigson ki Diary " (लफ़्टंट पिगसन की डायरी) , Bedhab ki baithak (बेढब की बैठक) (1940), Kaavya Kamal (काव्य कमल) (collection of poems, 1940), Banarasi Ekka (बनारसी इक्का), Gandhi ka bhoot aur Tanatan(गांधी का भूत और तनातन), Abineeta(अभिनीता) (play)[1]
References
- Datta, Amaresh (2006). "The Encyclopaedia Of Indian Literature Vol I". Sahitya Akademi. Missing or empty
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Hindi Samay (UGC Journal - 41485)