Mulk Raj Anand
Mulk Raj Anand (12 December 1905 – 28 September 2004) was an Indian writer in English, 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 English 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). He is also noted for being among the first writers to incorporate
Punjabi and
Hindustani idioms into English, and was a recipient of the civilian honour of the
Padma Bhushan, the third-highest civilian award in the Republic of India.
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