Mulk Raj Anand

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Mulk Raj Anand (born December 12, 1905 in Peshawar , Pakistan , † September 28, 2004 in Pune , India ) was an Indian novelist , short story writer and art critic .

He wrote his texts in English . Anand was one of the first writers to translate the Indian Punjabi and Hindustani dialects into English. In his work, Anand drew a realistic and sympathetic picture of the poor in India. Mulk Raj Anand, Raja Rao and RK Narayan are sometimes referred to as the "founding fathers of the Indian novel".

Works

Novels

  • Untouchable , 1936 (German: The Untouchable)
  • The coolie , 1936 (German pen)
  • Two leaves and a bud , 1937 (German: two leaves and a bud)
  • The village , 1939, on the Lalu trilogy (German with thistles and reeds)
  • Across the black waters , 1940, on the Lalu trilogy
  • The sword an the sickle , 1942, for the Lalu trilogy
  • The private life of an Indian prince , 1953 (German Maharaja private)

Autobiographical novels

  • Seven ages of man: Seven summers , 1951
  • Morning face , 1968
  • Confession of a lover , 1976
  • The bubble , 1984

literature

  • S. Cowasjee: So many freedoms. A study oft the major fiction of MRA , London 1978
  • A. Niven: The yoke of pity. A study of the fictional writings of MRA , Delhi 1978

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personal data
SURNAME Anand, Mulk Raj
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Indian novelist, short story writer and art critic
DATE OF BIRTH December 12, 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH Peshawar , Pakistan
DATE OF DEATH September 28, 2004
Place of death Pune , India