Maithilisharan Gupt [मैथिलीशरण गुप्त] was one of the most important modern Hindi poets. He is considered one among the pioneers of Khari Boli (plain dialect) poetry and wrote in Khari Boli dialect, at a time when most Hindi poets favoured the use of Braj Bhasha dialect. He was a recipient of the third highest (then second highest) Indian civilian honour of Padma Bhushan. For his book Bharat-Bharati (1912), widely quoted during India's freedom struggle, he was given the title of Rashtra Kavi by Mahatma Gandhi. Gupt entered the world of Hindi literature by writing poems in various magazines, including Saraswati. In 1910, his first major work, Rang mein Bhang was published by Indian Press. With Bharat Bharati, his nationalist poems became popu
Rajinder Singh Bedi was an Urdu writer, playwright (who later became a Hindi film director), screenwriter and dialogue writer. He belonged to Progressive Writers' Movement and is considered one of the leading 20th century progressive writers of Urdu fiction.
Spanning fifty years and 72 short stories, his literary career was marked with versatility and represented one of the finest creative writing in Urdu literature. His stories "Garam Coat" and "Lajvanti" are considered among the masterpieces of Urdu short stories. His later collections of short stories were "Kokh Jali" and "Apne Dukh Mujhe Dedo" and a collection of plays "Saat Khel".
राजेन्द्र यादव हिन्दी के सुपरिचित लेखक, कहानीकार, उपन्यासकार व आलोचक होने के साथ-साथ हिन्दी के सर्वाधिक लोकप्रिय संपादक भी थे। नयी कहानी के नाम से हिन्दी साहित्य में उन्होंने एक नयी विधा का सूत्रपात किया। उपन्यासकार मुंशी प्रेमचन्द द्वारा सन् 1930 में स्थापित साहित्यिक पत्रिका हंस का पुनर्प्रकाशन उन्होंने प्रेमचन्द की जयन्ती के दिन 31 जुलाई 1986 को प्रारम्भ किया था। यह पत्रिका सन् 1953 में बन्द हो गयी थी। इसके प्रकाशन का दायित्व उन्होंने स्वयं लिया और अपने मरते दम तक पूरे 27 वर्ष निभाया।
28 अगस्त 1929 ई० को उत्तर प्रदेश के शहर आगरा में जन्मे राजेन्द्र यादव ने 1951 ई० में आगरा विश्वविद्यालय से एम०ए० की परीक्षा हिन्दी साहित्य में प्रथम श्रेणी में प्रथम स्थान के साथ उत्तीर्ण की। उनका विवाह सुपरिचित हिन्दी लेखिका मन्नू भण्डारी के साथ हुआ था। वे
