Saroj Smriti

Saroj Smriti
AuthorSuryakant Tripathi 'Nirala'
Original titleसरोज-स्मृति
LanguageHindi
GenrePoem
Publication date
1937
Publication placeIndia
Media typePrint

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]

  1. ^ Nirala, Suryakant Tripathi (2024). A Portrait of Love: Six Stories; One Novella. Translated by Choubey, Gautam. Penguin Random House India Private Limited. ISBN 9789357086011.