Premchand

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Premchand was a pioneering early 20th-century Hindi-Urdu writer renowned for his socially conscious short stories and novels that depicted the struggles of rural and lower-class India.

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Premchand canonical 4
Munshi Premchand 3

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instanceOf Hindi writer
Urdu writer
novelist
person
short story writer
alsoKnownAs Munshi Premchand
linked to: Premchand
birthName Dhanpat Rai Srivastava
countryOfCitizenship British India
dateOfBirth 1880
dateOfDeath 1936
ethnicGroup Indian
fieldOfWork fiction
social commentary
genre novel
short story
social realism
hasRole pioneer of modern Hindi literature
pioneer of modern Urdu literature
influenced Hindi literature
Urdu literature
progressive writers in India
influencedBy Indian independence movement
knownFor depicting lower-class struggles
depicting rural Indian life
socially conscious literature
languageOfWorkOrName Hindi
Urdu
linked to: Urdu language
movement Indian realism
progressive literature
notableWork Gaban
Godaan
Kafan
Karmabhumi
Nirmala
Poos Ki Raat
Sevasadan
occupation essayist
novelist
short story writer
teacher
placeOfBirth Lamhi, near Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
placeOfDeath Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
linked to: Varanasi
pseudonym Nawab Rai
Premchand
religion Hinduism
subjectOf Indian literary criticism
writingPeriod early 20th century

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Shatranj Ke Khilari basedOnWorkBy Munshi Premchand
linked to: Premchand
Godan author Munshi Premchand
linked to: Premchand
Premchand pseudonym Premchand
Premchand alsoKnownAs Munshi Premchand
linked to: Premchand