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Mulk Raj Anand

1905 - 2004

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Mulk Raj Anand (12 December 1905 – 28 September 2004) was an Indian writer in the English language, recognised for his depiction of the lives of the poorer class in the traditional Indian society. One of the pioneers of Indo-Anglian fiction, he, together with R. K. Narayan, Ahmad Ali and Raja Rao, was one of the first India-based writers in the English language to gain an International readership. Anand is admired for his novels and short stories, which have acquired the status of classics of modern Indian English literature; they are noted for their perceptive insight into the lives of the oppressed and for their analysis of impoverishment, exploitation and misfortune. He became known for his protest novel Untouchable (1935), which was followed by other works on the Indian poor such as Coolie (1936) and Two Leaves and a Bud (1937). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2024). Mulk Raj Anand is the 6,310th most popular writer (down from 5,747th in 2024), the 127th most popular biography from Pakistan (down from 95th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Pakistani Writer.

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Among writers, Mulk Raj Anand ranks 6,310 out of 7,302. Before him are Polly Samson, Peter Stamm, Meg Cabot, Sándor Csoóri, N. Scott Momaday, and Cristina Rivera Garza. After him are Brian Stableford, Hammond Innes, Abby Mann, Yrjö Sakari Yrjö-Koskinen, Eric Van Lustbader, and Sheila Jeffreys.

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Among people born in 1905, Mulk Raj Anand ranks 384. Before him are Oleg Zhakov, Tommy Flowers, Jule Styne, Leroy Carr, Constant Lambert, and David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter. After him are John Hoyt, Ivan Artobolevsky, Fidel LaBarba, Bosley Crowther, Hans Ziglarski, and Lila Lee. Among people deceased in 2004, Mulk Raj Anand ranks 305. Before him are Jacek Kaczmarski, Bjarne Andersson, Charles Dumas, Coxsone Dodd, James Aloysius Hickey, and Mikheil Korkia. After him are Nirupa Roy, Vilayat Khan, Jerzy Klempel, Ruslan Gelayev, Fred Ebb, and Kristian Henriksen.

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In Pakistan

Among people born in Pakistan, Mulk Raj Anand ranks 127 out of 217. Before him are Asma Barlas (1950), Fawad Khan (1981), Khusrau Mirza (1587), Rab Butler (1902), Surinder Kaur (1929), and Kamini Kaushal (1927). After him are Khushwant Singh (1915), Balakh Sher Mazari (1928), Bade Ghulam Ali Khan (1902), Shahid Khaqan Abbasi (1958), Malik Meraj Khalid (1915), and Salima Ikram (1965).

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Among WRITERS In Pakistan

Among writers born in Pakistan, Mulk Raj Anand ranks 16. Before him are Sultan Bahu (1630), Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi (1941), Bulleh Shah (1680), Bhisham Sahni (1915), Parveen Shakir (1952), and Asma Barlas (1950). After him are Khushwant Singh (1915), Hamid Mir (1966), Kamila Shamsie (1973), Mohsin Hamid (1971), Nadeem Aslam (1966), and Sabatina James (1982).

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