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Mulk Raj Anand
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Indian English writer (1905–2004)
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Mulk Raj Anand was an Indian writer, journalist, novelist, and non-fiction writer who wrote in English. Born in Peshawar in 1905, he was educated at the University of Cambridge and University College London. His literary affiliations included the Bloomsbury Group and the Progressive Writers' Movement.
Anand received the Sahitya Akademi Award, the Padma Bhushan, and World Peace Council prizes. His notable works include *The Barbers Trade Union And Other Stories*, *Some Street Games Of India*, *Electric and Diesel-Electric Locomotives*, *Folk Tales of Punjab*, and *El intocable*. He died of pneumonia in Pune in 2004 due to natural causes.
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- Works
- 29
Top works
- The Barbers Trade Union And Other Stories
- Some Street Games Of India
- Electric and Diesel-Electric Locomotives
- Folk Tales of Punjab
- El intocable
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1905-12-12 ) 12 December 1905, Peshawar , NWFP , British India , (now in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa , Pakistan )
- Died
- 28 September 2004 (2004-09-28) (aged 98), Pune , Maharashtra , India
- Occupation
- Writer
- Alma mater
- Cambridge University , University College London , Khalsa College, Amritsar
- Period
- 20th century
- Genre
- Realistic fiction
- Notable works
- Coolie Untouchable
- Notable awards
- Sahitya Akademi Award (1971), Padma Bhushan (1968), International Peace Prize (1953)
- Spouses
- Kathleen Van Gelder ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1938 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1948 ) Shirin Vajifdar ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1950 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Dominion of India
- Place of birth
- Peshawar
- Place of death
- Pune
- Occupation
- non-fiction writer
- Educated at
- University College London
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Movement
- Progressive Writers' Movement
- Image
- Mulk Raj Anand.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1905-12-12
- date of death
- 2004-09-28
- cause of death
- pneumonia
- manner of death
- natural causes
- name in native language
- Mulk Raj Anand
- writing language
- English language
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Encyclopedic overview
Mulk Raj Anand (12 December 1905 – 28 September 2004) was an Indian writer in the English language, recognised for his depiction of the lives of the poorer class in the traditional Indian society. One of the pioneers of Indo-Anglian fiction, he, together with R. K. Narayan and Raja Rao, was one of the first India-based writers in the English language to gain an International readership. Anand is admired for his novels and short stories, which have acquired the status of classics of modern Indian English literature; they are noted for their perceptive insight into the lives of the oppressed and for their analysis of impoverishment, exploitation and misfortune. He became known for his protest novel Untouchable (1935), which was followed by other works on the Indian poor such as Coolie (1936) and Two Leaves and a Bud (1937). He is also noted for being among the first writers to incorporate Punjabi and Hindustani idioms into English, and was a recipient of the civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan, the third-highest civilian award in the Republic of India.
Early life and education
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