Shrinivási

Shrinivási (12 December 1926 – 26 January 2019) was a Surinamese poet, whose civil name is Martinus Haridat Lutchman. He was born in Kwatta, Suriname and a teacher by profession. where his earliest poetry was published as Fernando in the magazine Caraïbisch Venster. Lutchman decided to change his pseudonym to Shrinivási which means noble resident of Suriname, and published in Tongoni (1958-1959), Soela (1962-1964) en Moetete. His first publication of a collection of poetry was Anjali in 1963. In 1963, Shrinivási returned to Suriname. He received the Suriname State Prize for Literature (1989-1991) for Sangam.