At 77, Mahadevi Verma is the sole survivor of the poets who comprise the Chhayavad movement (the counterpart of the Romantic movement in English literature). As well known for the sensitivity of her prose as for her mystically lyrical poems Mahadevi - as she is generally called - is also an artist, educationist and a tireless worker for the.

Vikas Narayan Singh. Signature. Literature portal. Mahadevi Varma(26 March 1907 – 11 September 1987) was an Indian Hindi-language poet, essayist, sketch story writer and an eminent personality of Hindi literature. She is considered one of the four major pillars[a]of the Chhayawadiera in Hindi literature.[1]