Yashpal

Yashpal Singh
Yashpal Singh on a 2003 stamp of India
Yashpal Singh on a 2003 stamp of India
Born(1903-12-03)3 December 1903
Kangra Hills, British India
Died26 December 1976(1976-12-26) (aged 73)
OccupationAuthor
LanguageHindi
NationalityIndian
CitizenshipIndia
Notable works
Notable awardsPadma Bhushan
1970
Sahitya Akademi Award
1976
SpousePrakashwati

Yashpal Singh (3 December 1903 – 26 December 1976) was a Hindi-language writer, political commentator, a socialist and an essayist. He wrote in a range of genres, including essays, novels and short stories, as well as a play, two travel books and an autobiography. He won the Hindi-language Sahitya Akademi Award for his novel Meri Teri Uski Baat in 1976 and was also a recipient of the Padma Bhushan.