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Munshi Premchand

31 July 1880 - 8 October 1936

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)

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  • Cover of: Godan: a novel of peasant India

    First published in 1979 2 editions in 2 languages
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  • Cover of: The world of Premchand: selected stories of Premchand.

    First published in 1969 4 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1975 6 editions in 4 languages
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    First published in 1939 13 editions in 3 languages — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1936 11 editions in 5 languages — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1972 2 editions in 1 language
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    First published in 1961 2 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: The illustrated Premchand: selected short stories

    First published in 1946 17 editions in 5 languages — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1982 5 editions in 3 languages
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    First published in 1991 1 edition in 1 language
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    First published in 2004 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1954 4 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Godan, a novel of peasant India by Premchand.: Translated by Jai Ratan and P. Lal.

    First published in 1936 2 editions in 1 language
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Subjects
Fiction, Translations into English, Social life and customs, Biography, Hindi Authors, Hindi Short stories, Fiction, general, History and criticism, Short stories, Hindi, Hindi literature, India, fiction, Translations into Panjabi, Authors, Hindi, Children's stories, Hindi, Correspondence, History, Fiction, short stories (single author), Marriage, Near and far eastern fiction (fictional works by one author), Peasants, Rāma (Hindu deity), Social conditions, Urdu Authors, Urdu literature, Women
Places
India, Udaipur (Princely State)
People
Premacanda (1881-1936), Durgadas Rathore (1638-1718), Hori, Pratap Singh Rana of Udaipur (d. 1597), Sahāya, Śivapūjana (1893-), Śaraṇa, Ḥusayn ibn ʻAlī (d. 680)
Time
20th century, 16th century, 1936, British occupation, 1765-1947

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Alternative names

  • PREMCHAND
  • Premcand
  • Premchand
  • Munshi Premchand
  • Nawab Rai
  • Dhanpat Rai Shrivastava

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September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
August 30, 2019 Edited by samgarg Edited without comment.
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March 31, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot add VIAF and wikidata ID
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import