Life of Munshi Premchand 
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"Prem Chand" redirects here. For other uses, see Premchand (disambiguation). Munshi Premchand | | Born | Dhanpat Rai
July 31, 1880
Lamhi, North-Western Provinces, British India | Died | October 8, 1936 (aged 56)
Varanasi, United Provinces, British India | Pen name | Nawab Rai | Occupation | Writer, Novelist | Language | Hindustani (Hindi-Urdu) | Nationality | British Indian | Notable work(s) | Godaan, Bazaar-e-Husn, Karmabhoomi, Shatranj ke khiladi | Spouse(s) | Shivarani Devi | Children | Sripath Rai, Amrit Rai, Kamala Devi | | Signature | |
Munshi Premchand (Urdu: منشی پریم چند, Hindi: मुंशी प्रेमचंद, pronounced [mʊnʃi preːm t͡ʃənd̪] ( listen)) (July 31, 1880 – October 8, 1936) was an Indian writer famous for his modern Hindustani literature. He is one of the most celebrated writers of the Indian subcontinent,[1] and is regarded as one of the foremost Hindustani writers of the early twentieth century.[2]
Born Dhanpat Rai Srivastav, he began writing under the pen name "Nawab Rai", but subsequently switched to "Premchand", while he is also known as "Munshi Premchand", Munshi being an honorary prefix. A novel writer, story writer and dramatist, he has been referred to as the "Upanyas Samrat" ("Emperor among Novelists") by some Hindi writers. His works include more than a dozen novels, around 250 short stories, several essays and translations of a number of foreign literary works into Hindi.
Biography Premchand was born on 31 July 1880 in Lamhi, a village located near Varanasi (Benares). His ancestors came from a large family, which owned six bighas of land.[3] His grandfather Gur Sahai Lal was a patwari (village accountant), and his father Ajaib Lal was a post office clerk. His mother was Anand Devi of Karauni village, who could have been the inspiration for the character Anandi in his Bade Ghar Ki Beti.[4] Premchand was the fourth child of Ajaib Lal
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"Prem Chand" redirects here. For other uses, see Premchand (disambiguation). Munshi Premchand | | Born | Dhanpat Rai
July 31, 1880
Lamhi, North-Western Provinces, British India | Died | October 8, 1936 (aged 56)
Varanasi, United Provinces, British India | Pen name | Nawab Rai | Occupation | Writer, Novelist | Language | Hindustani (Hindi-Urdu) | Nationality | British Indian | Notable work(s) | Godaan, Bazaar-e-Husn, Karmabhoomi, Shatranj ke khiladi | Spouse(s) | Shivarani Devi | Children | Sripath Rai, Amrit Rai, Kamala Devi | | Signature | |
Munshi Premchand (Urdu: منشی پریم چند, Hindi: मुंशी प्रेमचंद, pronounced [mʊnʃi preːm t͡ʃənd̪] ( listen)) (July 31, 1880 – October 8, 1936) was an Indian writer famous for his modern Hindustani literature. He is one of the most celebrated writers of the Indian subcontinent,[1] and is regarded as one of the foremost Hindustani writers of the early twentieth century.[2]
Born Dhanpat Rai Srivastav, he began writing under the pen name "Nawab Rai", but subsequently switched to "Premchand", while he is also known as "Munshi Premchand", Munshi being an honorary prefix. A novel writer, story writer and dramatist, he has been referred to as the "Upanyas Samrat" ("Emperor among Novelists") by some Hindi writers. His works include more than a dozen novels, around 250 short stories, several essays and translations of a number of foreign literary works into Hindi.
Biography Premchand was born on 31 July 1880 in Lamhi, a village located near Varanasi (Benares). His ancestors came from a large family, which owned six bighas of land.[3] His grandfather Gur Sahai Lal was a patwari (village accountant), and his father Ajaib Lal was a post office clerk. His mother was Anand Devi of Karauni village, who could have been the inspiration for the character Anandi in his Bade Ghar Ki Beti.[4] Premchand was the fourth child of Ajaib Lal
References: * Schulz, Siegfried A. (1981). Premchand: a Western appraisal. Indian Council for Cultural Relations. OCLC 10062769. Retrieved 13 January 2012. * Gupta, Prakash Chandra (1998). Makers of Indian Literature: Prem Chand. Sahitya Akademi. ISBN 978-81-260-0428-7. * Sigi, Rekha (2006). Munshi Prem Chand. Diamond. ISBN 978-81-288-1214-9. Further reading * Amrit Rai; Harish Trivedi (1991) * Francesca Orsini (2004). The Oxford India Premchand. Oxford University Press. p. ix. ISBN 978-0-19-566501-7.