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Mulk Raj Anand
Mulk Raj Anand was an Indian writer in the English language, 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 and Raja Rao, was one of the first India-based writers in the English language to gain an International readership. Anand is admired for his novels and short stories…
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culture · Indian writer in English (1905–2004) · writer · journalist · novelist · non-fiction writer · translator · art critic · also Mulk Raj Anand, Mulk Radzh Anand, Muluk Chand Anand, Mulkrāj Āṉant, Mulkraj Anand, Mulk Rāj Āṉant
Born 12 December 1905 · Died 28 September 2004 · Q732434
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Outlookindia: Mulk Raj Anand
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2004· 2 entries
Gulf News: Famed novelist and critic Mulk Raj Anand dead
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Died 2004-09-28.
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2003· 1 entry
Outlookindia: 'Mulk Raj Anand Was So Patronising'
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1974· 1 entry
Had a special influence on debates that later became known under the heading of the "Dialogue among Civilisations"
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1971· 1 entry
Awarded Sahitya Akademi Award for Morning Face (1971).
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1967· 1 entry
Awarded Padma Bhushan (1967).
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1953· 1 entry
Awarded World Peace Council prizes (1953).
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1950· 1 entry
Anand embarked on a project to write a seven-part autobiographical novel titled Seven Ages of Man, of which he was only able to complete four parts beginning in 1951 with Seven Summers, followed by Morning Face (1968), C
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1947· 1 entry
And continued his prodigious literary output here
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1935· 1 entry
Is a chilling exposé of the lives of India's untouchable caste which were neglected at that time
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1929· 1 entry
With a dissertation on Bertrand Russell and the English empiricists
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1905· 1 entry
Born 1905-12-12.
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