Amrit Rai | |
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| Born | 3 September 1921 Lamhi, Banaras State, British India |
| Died | 14 August 1996 (aged 74) Allahbad |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Language | Hindi, Urdu |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Relatives | Munshi Premchand (father) |
Amrit Rai (3 September 1921 – 14 August 1996) was an Indian writer, poet and biographer in both the Hindi and Urdu styles of the Hindustani language. He is the son of Munshi Premchand, a pioneer of modern Urdu literature and of Hindi literature. A prolific writer, Rai made his literary debut with novel Beej in 1952 and went on to write an acclaimed biography of his father, Premchand, Kalam ka Sipahi (1970),[1] which later won him the Sahitya Akademi award for 1963.[2]
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