Mohsin Zaidi was born in the year of 1935 at Bahraich Uttar Pradesh. Some of his books on poetry like 'Shahar-e-dil', 'Baab-e-Sukhan', ' Mata-e-Aakhri Shab', 'Jumbish-e-Nok-e-kalam', and Rishta-e-Kalam have been published . He died in 2003 in Lucknow.
