# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mohan-rakesh
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:57:09.593Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mohan-rakesh"
name: "Mohan Rakesh"
slug: "mohan-rakesh"
description: "Mohan Rakesh was one of the pioneers of the Nai Kahani literary movement of the Hindi literature in India in the 1950s. He wrote the first modern Hindi play, Ashadh Ka Ek Din (1958), which won a competition organised by the Sangeet Natak Akademi. He made significant contributions to the novel, the short story, travelogue, criticism, memoir and drama.\nMohan Rakesh's Aadhe-adhure is one of the most significant plays about urbanmiddle class family and poignantly projects the transition of values in the changing urban scenario in India.\nHe was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1968."
tagline: "Indian writer (1925-1972)"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "IN"
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1925-01-08"
deathDate: "1972-01-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump