Author | Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala' |
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Original title | सरोज-स्मृति |
Language | Hindi |
Genre | Poem |
Publication date | 1937 |
Publication place | India |
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Saroj Smriti (ISO: Saroj Smṛti) (lit. 'In memorium Saroj') is a long elegiacal poem in Hindi written by Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala'. He composed this following the death of his 18-year-old daughter, Saroj, in 1935. Its first publication occurred in the second edition of Anāmikā in 1937. This poem is considered one of the finest elegies in Hindi literature.[1]