Mohsin Zaidi (1935 – 2003) was an Urdu poet ('Shayar') who used to write by the pen name 'Mohsin'. Saiyed Mohsin Raza Zaidi (Urdu: سید محسن رضا زیدی ) was born in Bahraich, a town in the state of Uttar Pradesh in India on 10 July 1935, to parents, Saiyed Ali Raza Zaidi and Sughra Begum. He died in Lucknow on 3 September 2003.He had his early schooling in Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh - Islamia School (1940 – 1942); K. P. Hindu High School (1943 – 1948); Government High School (1949 – 1950). He did his senior school from Maharaj Singh Inter College, Bahraich, Uttar Pradesh (1951 – 1952). He received his Bachelor of Arts from Lucknow University in English Literature, History and Economics (1953 – 1954). He got his master's in Economics from Allahabad University (1955 – 1956). Wikipedia