Author who have contributed towards Literature

MunshiPremchand(DhanpatRaiSrivastav) :-

(31 July 1880 - 8 October 1936)

Premchand wrote over three hundred short stories and fourteen novels, many essays and letters, plays and translations. Many of Premchand's works were translated into English and Russian after his death. Some of the contribution’s are as follows,

1.     Nirmala :-English title: The second wife. About the dowry system in India (serialised in the magazine Chand between November 1921 and November 1926, before being published as a novel)

2.     Godaan :-English title: The Gift of the Cow. Themed around the socio economic deprivation as well as the exploitation of the village poor.

3.     Soz-e-Watan :-Banned by the British Government in 1909.

4.     Adeeb Ki Izat :-A story of writer who wanted respect and recognition of his work but later realised that he is a candle which will have to burn giving light to others.

5.     Idgah :-A poor boy in India lives with his grandmother. On the festival day of Eid, the other kids buy themselves candies and toys. The poor boy, thinking of his grandmother, buys a pair of tongs to help her make rotis, since she burns her hands trying to cook them bare-handed.

·       R. K. Narayan :-

(10 October 1906 – 13 May 2001)

Narayan's writing style was simple and unpretentious with a natural element of humour about it. It focused on ordinary people, reminding the reader of next-door neighbours, cousins and the like, thereby providing a greater ability to relate to the topic. He also employed the use of nuanced dialogic prose with gentle Tamil overtones based on the nature of his characters. Critics have considered Narayan to be the Indian Chekhov, due to the similarities in their writings, the simplicity and the gentle beauty and humour in tragic situations. Greene considered Narayan to be more similar to Chekhov than any Indian writer. His work,

Novels

Swami and Friends (1935, Hamish Hamilton)

The Bachelor of Arts (1937, Thomas Nelson)

The Dark Room (1938, Eyre)

The English Teacher (1945, Eyre)

Mr. Sampath (1948, Eyre)

The Financial Expert (1952, Methuen)

Waiting for the Mahatma (1955, Methuen)

The Guide (1958, Methuen)

The Man-Eater of Malgudi (1961, Viking)

The Vendor of Sweets (1967, TheBodley Head)

The Painter of Signs (1977, Heinemann)

A Tiger for Malgudi (1983, Heinemann)

Talkative Man (1986, Heinemann)

The World of Nagaraj (1990, Heinemann)

Grandmother's Tale (1992, Indian Thought Publications)

Non-fiction

Next Sunday (1960, Indian Thought Publications)

My Dateless Diary (1960, Indian Thought Publications)

My Days (1974, Viking)

Reluctant Guru (1974, Orient Paperbacks)

The Emerald Route (1980, Indian Thought Publications)

A Writer's Nightmare (1988, Penguin Books)

A Story-Teller's World (1989, Penguin Books)

The Writerly Life (2002, Penguin Books India)

Mysore (1944, second edition, Indian Thought Publications)

·       Amrita Pritam :-

(31 August 1919 – 31 October 2005)

Amrita is the first recipient of Punjab Rattan Award conferred upon her by Punjab Chief Minister Capt. Amarinder Singh. She is first woman recipient of the SahityaAkademi Award in 1956 for Sunehey (Messages), Amrita Pritam received the BhartiyaJnanpith Award, India's highest literary award, in 1982 for Kagajte Canvas (Paper and Canvas). She received the Padma Shri (1969) and Padma Vibhushan, India's second highest civilian award, and SahityaAkademi Fellowship, India's highest literary award, also in 2004.In her career spanning over six decades, she penned 28 novels, 18 anthologies of prose, five short stories and 16 miscellaneous prose volumes.

Doctor Dev, KoreKagaz, Unchas Din, SagaraurSeepian, Rang kaPatta, DillikiGaliyan, TerahwanSuraj, YaatriJilavatan (1968)&HardattKaZindaginama

Autobiography

Rasidi Ticket (1976), Shadows of Words (2004)&A Revenue Stamp

Short stories

KahaniyanjoKahaniyanNahi, KahaniyonkeAnganmein and Stench of Kerosene

Poetry anthologies

AmritLehran (Immortal Waves)(1936), JiundaJiwan (The Exuberant Life) (1939), TrelDhotePhul (1942), O GitanValia (1942), Badlam De Laali (1943), Sanjh de laali (1943), LokPeera (The People's Anguish) (1944), PatharGeetey (The Pebbles) (1946), Punjabi Di Aawaaz (1952), Sunehray (Messages) (1955) – SahityaAkademi Award, AshokaCheti (1957), Kasturi (1957), Nagmani (1964), Ik Si Anita (1964), ChakNambarChatti (1964)

Uninja Din (49 Days) (1979), KagazTeKanvas (1981)-BhartiyaJnanpith, ChuniHuyeeKavitayen, ekbaat

Literary journal

Nagmani, poetry monthly

Article by:- Vidharshu Ray  4MAE5Y 

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