Shrinivási (12 December 1926 – 26 January 2019)[2] was a Surinamese poet, whose civil name is Martinus Haridat Lutchman.

[3] In 1949 he moved to Curaçao[4] where his earliest poetry was published as Fernando in the magazine Caraïbisch Venster.

[5] Lutchman decided to change his pseudonym to Shrinivási which means noble resident of Suriname,[1] and published in Tongoni (1958-1959), Soela (1962-1964) en Moetete (1968).

[5] His best known collections are Pratikshā (1968), Om de zon (1972), and Sangam (1992).

[5] Shrinivási tried to reconcile the prevailing opposites in his native country.