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| Born | 12 December 1905 Peshawar, NWFP, British India (now in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan) |
| Died | 28 September 2004 (aged 98) Pune, Maharashtra, India |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Alma mater | Cambridge University University College London Khalsa College, Amritsar |
| Period | 20th century |
| Genre | Realistic fiction |
| Notable work | Coolie; Untouchable |
| Notable awards | Sahitya Akademi Award (1971) Padma Bhushan (1968) International Peace Prize (1953) |
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Mulk Raj Anand (12 December 1905 – 28 September 2004) was an Indian writer in English, 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, Ahmad Ali and Raja Rao, was one of the first India-based writers in English 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.[1][2][3] 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).[4] He is also noted for being among the first writers to incorporate Punjabi and Hindustani idioms into English,[5] and was a recipient of the civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan,[6] the third-highest civilian award in the Republic of India.
- ^ Zakaria, Rafiq (29 September 2004). "Very English, more Indian". The Indian Express.
- ^ "...it can be said that they have taken over from British writers like E. M. Forster & Edward Thompson the task of interpreting modern India to itself & the world." The Oxford History of India, Vincent A. Smith (3rd edition, ed. Percival Spear), 1967, p. 838.
- ^ Hoskote, Ranjit (29 September 2004). "The last of Indian English fiction's grand troika: Encyclopaedia of arts". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 17 December 2004. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
- ^ Norwich, John Julius (1990). Oxford Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Arts. USA: Oxford University Press. pp. 16. ISBN 978-0198691372.
- ^ "Mulk Raj Anand Profile", iloveindia.com.
- ^ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.