Dhanpat Rai Shrivastava (31 July 1880 – 8 October 1936), better known by his pen name Munshi Premchand, was an Indian writer famous for his modern Hindi-Urdu literature. He is one of the most celebrated writers of the Indian subcontinent, and is regarded as one of the foremost Hindi writers of the early twentieth century. He began writing under the pen name "Nawab Rai", but subsequently switched to "Premchand". Munshi being an honorary prefix. A novel writer, story writer and dramatist, he has been referred to as the "Upanyas Samrat" ("Emperor among Novelists") by writers. His works include more than a dozen novels, around 250 short stories, several essays and translations of a number of foreign literary works into Hindi. (Source: Wikipedia)
Hindi author from India (1880-1936)
Born | 31 July 1880 |
Died | 8 October 1936 |
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Hindi author from India (1880-1936)
Born | 31 July 1880 |
Died | 8 October 1936 |
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Fiction, Translations into English, Fiction, short stories (single author), Social life and customs, Women, 891.4335, Children's stories, Hindi, Criticism and interpretation, Fiction, general, Hindi fiction, Hindi literature, history and criticism, History, India, fiction, Manners and customs, Marriage, Near and far eastern fiction (fictional works by one author), Peasantry, Peasants, Pk2098.s7 a254 2001, Politics and government, Premacanda,, Press, Social conditions, Translations into Kazakh, Translations into PanjabiPlaces
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Premacanda (1881-1936)ID Numbers
- OLID: OL4683A
- ISNI: 0000000121441954
- VIAF: 95216097
- Wikidata: Q174152
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q174152
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- PREMCHAND
- Premcand
- Premchand
- Munshi Premchand
- Nawab Rai
- Dhanpat Rai Shrivastava
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