Soumitra Mohan (born January 2, 1938) is a prominent Hindi poet^[1] and an exponent of the Akavita (अकविता - anti-poetry) movement in Hindi poetry.^[2] He is known as a rebel^[3] who voiced vehement protest,^[4] and is best remembered for his poem, Luqman Ali.^[5]

Mohan has published three anthologies of poems in Hindi—Chaaku Se Khelte Hue (चाकू से खेलते हुए - 1972), Luqman Ali (लुक़मान अली - 1978), and Aadha Dikhta Wah Aadmi (आधा दिखता वह आदमी - 2018). Mohan is also a distinguished translator and has published translation of several prose works—most notably Dehra Mein Ab Bhi Ugte Hain Hamare Ped (देहरा में अब भी उगते हैं हमारे पेड़), a translation of Ruskin Bond's Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra). He was one of major poets featured in Nishedh (निषेध),^[6] a landmark anthology of poems published in the 1970s. Despite having published his writings sparingly, Mohan's stature as a major Hindi poet of the 20th century is widely accepted.

Soumitra's celebrated long poem Luqman Ali (लुक़मान अली ) appeared in an English translation by Samartha Vashishtha—first in Chandrabhaga (Cuttack, 2007, edited by Jayanta Mahapatra) and then in the international magazine of translated literature, Asymptote.^[7]

In the year 2018, Sambhavna Prakashan (Hapur, India) published a volume of Soumitra Mohan's collected poems titled Aadha Dikhta Wah Aadmi (आधा दिखता वह आदमी),^[8] bringing together his work spanning the years 1961 to 2017. In his introduction to the book, Soumitra emphasizes:

"This book collects a total of 149 of my poems. It is my wish that readers know my work only through these poems. These are my 'collected poems' – even though I make no claim about this selection being my best."

"इस किताब में मेरी कुल 149 कविताएँ हैं। मैं चाहता हूँ लोग मुझे इन्हीं कविताओं से जानें-पहचानें। यही मेरी 'सम्पूर्ण कविताएँ' हैं हालाँकि इनके श्रेष्ठ होने के बारे में मेरा कोई दावा नहीं है।"

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