| Name
/ Title |
YASHPAL |
| Date of
Birth |
December 03, 1903 |
| Date of
Death |
December 26, 1976 |
| Identity |
Hindi-language author from India |
| General |
- He is often considered to be the most gifted writer
after Premchand.
- A political commentator and a socialist who had a
particular concern for the welfare of the poor and
disadvantaged.
- He wrote in a range of genres, including essays, novels
and short stories, as well as a play, two travel books and
an autobiography.
- He won the Hindi-language Sahitya Akademi Award for his
novel, Meri Teri Uski Baat in 1976.
- He was a recipient of the Padma Bhushan
award from the Govt of India.
- Yashpal's writings form an extension to his earlier life
as a revolutionary in the cause of the Indian independence
movement.
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