Munshi Premchand

Premacanda

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Dhanpat Rai Shrivastava (31 July 1880 – 8 October 1936), better known by his pen name Munshi Premchand, was an Indian writer famous for his modern Hindi-Urdu literature. He is one of the most celebrated writers of the Indian subcontinent, and is regarded as one of the foremost Hindi writers of the early twentieth century. He began writing under the pen name "Nawab Rai", but subsequently switched to "Premchand". Munshi being an honorary prefix. A novel writer, story writer and dramatist, he has been referred to as the "Upanyas Samrat" ("Emperor among Novelists") by writers. His works include more than a dozen novels, around 250 short stories, several essays and translations of a number of foreign literary works into Hindi. (Source: Wikipedia)

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Ways of Dying
Representative edition published 2020
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Boori kaki tatha anya kahanian
Representative edition published 2018
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Kafan
Representative edition published 2018
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Idgah
Representative edition published 2018
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Poos ki raat
Representative edition published 2016
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Premacanda kī lokapriya kahāniyām̐
Representative edition published 2015
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Nimantraṇa
Representative edition published 2014
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Nirmala
Representative edition published 2010
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Gaʼūdān
Representative edition published 2010
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Karamabhūmī
Representative edition published 2008
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Short stories
Representative edition published 2006
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Karmabhūmi
Representative edition published 2006
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The Oxford India Premchand
Representative edition published 2004
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Courtesans' quarter
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Godāna
Representative edition published 2002
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Gaban
Representative edition published 2002
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Nirmala
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Godan; A Novel of Peasant India
Representative edition published 2002
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The world of Premchand
Representative edition published 2001
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Widows, Wives and Other Heroines
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The World of Premchand
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Karambhumi Hindi
Representative edition published 2000
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Gabana
Representative edition published 2000
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Nirmala
Representative edition published 1999
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