Premchand

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Premchand was a pioneering early 20th-century Hindi-Urdu writer renowned for his socially conscious short stories and novels that depicted the struggles of rural and lower-class India.

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Premchand canonical 4
Munshi Premchand 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Hindi writer ⓘ
Urdu writer ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
person ⓘ
short story writer ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Munshi Premchand ⓘ
linked to: Premchand
birthName Dhanpat Rai Srivastava ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship British India ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1880 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1936 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Indian ⓘ
fieldOfWork fiction ⓘ
social commentary ⓘ
genre novel ⓘ
short story ⓘ
social realism ⓘ
hasRole pioneer of modern Hindi literature ⓘ
pioneer of modern Urdu literature ⓘ
influenced Hindi literature ⓘ
Urdu literature ⓘ
progressive writers in India ⓘ
influencedBy Indian independence movement ⓘ
knownFor depicting lower-class struggles ⓘ
depicting rural Indian life ⓘ
socially conscious literature ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Hindi ⓘ
Urdu ⓘ
linked to: Urdu language
movement Indian realism ⓘ
progressive literature ⓘ
notableWork Gaban ⓘ
Godaan ⓘ
Kafan ⓘ
Karmabhumi ⓘ
Nirmala ⓘ
Poos Ki Raat ⓘ
Sevasadan ⓘ
occupation essayist ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
short story writer ⓘ
teacher ⓘ
placeOfBirth Lamhi, near Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh ⓘ
placeOfDeath Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh ⓘ
linked to: Varanasi
pseudonym Nawab Rai ⓘ
Premchand ⓘ
religion Hinduism ⓘ
subjectOf Indian literary criticism ⓘ
writingPeriod early 20th century ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Shatranj Ke Khilari → basedOnWorkBy → Munshi Premchand ⓘ
linked to: Premchand
Godan → author → Munshi Premchand ⓘ
linked to: Premchand
Premchand → pseudonym → Premchand ⓘ
Premchand → alsoKnownAs → Munshi Premchand ⓘ
linked to: Premchand