# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/phanishwar-nath-renu
# Generated: 2026-08-15T22:37:33.038Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/phanishwar-nath-renu"
name: "Phanishwar Nath 'Renu'"
slug: "phanishwar-nath-renu"
description: "Phanishwar Nath Mandal 'Renu' was one of the most successful and influential writers of modern Hindi literature in the post-Premchand era. He is the author of Maila Anchal, which after Premchand's Godaan, is regarded as the most significant Hindi novel. Phanishwar Nath (Mandal) Renu was born on 4 March 1921 in a small village Aurahi Hingna near Simraha railway station in Bihar. The mandal community of Bihar to which Renu belonged constitutes an under-privileged social group in India. Renu's family, however, enjoyed the benefits of land, education, and social prestige. Renu's father, Shilanath Mandal, had been active in the Indian National Movement and was an extremely enlightened individual, taking a keen interest in modern ideas, culture and art."
tagline: "Indian writer and activist (1921-1977)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Phanishwar_Nath_Renu_2016_stamp_of_India.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "IN"
category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1921-03-04"
deathDate: "1977-04-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump