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Amrit Rai

Hindi writer · India · Writers · Lived 1921 to 1996 · aged 74

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Amrit Rai was an Indian writer, poet and biographer in both the Hindi and Urdu styles of the Hindustani language. He is the son of Munshi Premchand, a pioneer of modern Urdu literature and of Hindi literature.

Awards

Sahitya Akademi Award1963
Jawarharlal Nehru Fellowship

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Father: Premchand

About this person

Amrit Rai was an Indian writer, poet and biographer in both the Hindi and Urdu styles of the Hindustani language. He is the son of Munshi Premchand, a pioneer of modern Urdu literature and of Hindi literature. A prolific writer, Rai made his literary debut with novel Beej in 1952 and went on to write an acclaimed biography of his father, Premchand, Kalam ka Sipahi (1962), which later won him the Sahitya Akademi award for 1963.

Country
India
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1921 to 1996 · aged 74

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