Z_content_Mohan-Rakesh

Names	MOHAN RAKESH
Date of Birth	January 08, 1925
Date of Death	January 03, 1972
Identity	Indian Hindi Writer
Special Achievements / Events	He was one of the pioneers of the Nai Kahani ("New Story") literary movement of the Hindi literature in the 1950s. He wrote the first modern Hindi play, Ashadh Ka Ek Din (One Day in Aashad) (1958), which won a competition organised by the Sangeet Natak Akademi. He made significant contribution to novel, short story, travelogue, criticism, memoirs and drama. He was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1968.

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