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Jibanananda Das ( জীবনানন্দ দাশ ) (Bengali pronunciation: ['dʒibonˌanondoː daʃ]) (17 February 1899 – 22 October 1954) [1] was a Bengali poet, writer, novelist and essayist in the Bengali language.
Mawali (मवाली) [1] is a Hindi language novel by Surender Mohan Pathak. It is based upon the biography of a fictional personality called Shyamrav Pethekar , better known as Sikander. The novel is set in Ahmedabad and draws an excellent and realistic portrait of Gujarat underworld, that is unknown in Hindi fiction.
Amrita Pritam ([əm.mɾɪt̪ɑː pɾiːt̪əm] ⓘ; 31 August 1919 – 31 October 2005) was an Indian novelist, essayist and poet, who wrote in Punjabi and Hindi. [1] A prominent figure in Punjabi literature, she is the recipient of the 1956 Sahitya Akademi Award.
Untouchable is a novel by Mulk Raj Anand published in 1935. The novel established Anand as one of India's leading English authors. [1] The book was inspired by his aunt's experience of being ostracized for sharing a meal with a Muslim woman. [2] [3] The plot of this book, Anand's first, revolves around the argument for eradicating the caste ...
Aadujeevitham (English: Goat Days [4] or The Goat Life) is a 2008 Malayalam-language novel by Indian author Benyamin. It is about an abused Malayali migrant worker employed in Saudi Arabia as a goatherd against his will. [5] [6] The novel is based on real-life events and was a best seller in Kerala. [7]
Qurratulain Hyder (20 January 1927 – 21 August 2007) was an Indian Urdu novelist and short story writer, academic, and journalist. One of the most outstanding and influential literary names in Urdu literature, she is best known for her magnum opus, Aag Ka Darya (River of Fire), a novel first published in Urdu in 1959, from Lahore, Pakistan, that stretches from the fourth century BC to post ...
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Child of All Nations is the second book in Pramoedya Ananta Toer's epic quartet called Buru Quartet, first published by Hasta Mitra in 1980. [1] Child of All Nations continues the story of the lives of the main character, Minke, and his mother in law, Nyai Ontosoroh.