5 Indian Masters

Author:

Rabindranath Tagore

,

Khushwant Singh

,

Premchand

,

Raja Rao

,

Dr. Mulk Raj Anand

Publisher:

Jaico Publishing House

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Publisher

Jaico Publishing House

Publication Year 2003
ISBN-13

9788179922170

ISBN-10 8179922170
Binding

Paperback

Number of Pages 224 Pages
Language (English)
Dimensions (Cms) 19.8 X 12.8 X 2.2
Weight (grms) 225

This book is a compilation of classic short stories by five great Indian writers -Raja Rao, Rabindranath Tagore, Premchand Dr. Mulk Raj Anand and Khushwant Singh. Though not necessarily representative of the authors' complete works, the stories have been carefully chosen to showcase their versatility and skill as storytellers. The collection covers an extraordinary range of themes, styles and settings, allowing the reader a glimpse of another world gone by. Yet, these stories seem timeless and the characters in them show the same foibles, fears and hopes as do people in the brave new world of the 21st century.

Rabindranath Tagore

Rabindranath Tagore, a Nobel Laureate in Literature (1913), was one of India’s greatest poets and the composer of both India’s and Bangladesh’s national anthems. Renowned for his work in various literary genres, he was primarily a poet, publishing over 50 volumes of poetry. Born in Calcutta, Tagore later traveled the world, gaining international recognition. He was knighted in 1915 but renounced the honor in protest after the 1919 massacre of demonstrators in India.

Khushwant Singh

Khushwant Singh is Indias best known writer and columnist. He has been founder editor of Yojana and editor of the Illustrated Weekly of India, the National Herald and the Hindustan Times. He is the author of classics such as Train to Pakistan, I Shall Not Hear the Nightingale and Delhi. His latest novel, The Sunset Club, written when he was 95, was published by Penguin Books in 2010. His nonfiction includes the classic two volume A History of the Sikhs, a number of translations and works on Sikh religion and culture, Delhi, nature, current affairs and Urdu poetry. His autobiography, Truth, Love and a Little Malice, was published by Penguin Books in 2002.

Premchand

Premchand, an Indian writer (novel writer, story writer and dramatist), was born in the year 1880 at 31st of July in the Lamhi village (near Varanasi). He is the famous writer of the early 20th century. He got died at 8th of October in 1936 by serving the people with his great writings. The birth name of him is Dhanpat Rai Srivastav and pen name is Nawab Rai. He wrote his all writings with his pen name. Finally his name changed to the Munshi Premchand. His first name Munshi is an honorary prefix given by his lovers in the society because of his quality and effective writings. As a Hindi writer he wrote approximately dozen novels, 250 short stories, numerous essays and translations.

Raja Rao

Raja Rao (1909-2006), a path-breaker of Indian writing in English, was born in Hassan, Mysore. After he graduated from Madras University, he went on to the University of Montpellier in France on a scholarship. He moved to the United States in 1966, where he taught at the University of Texas at Austin until 1983, when he retired as emeritus professor. A powerful and profound writer and a superb stylist, Rao successfully and imaginatively appropriated English for the Indian narrative. He was honoured with India's second-highest civilian award, the Padma Vibhushan, in 2007, the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1964 and the Neustadt International Prize for Literature in 1988.

Dr. Mulk Raj Anand

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