Ankur8563CC BY-SA 3.0File pagePremchand
- novelist
- screenwriter
- writer
- essayist
- editor
- short story writer
- journalist
- Born 1880-07-31
- Died 1936-10-08 (aged 56)
- Nationality British Raj
Known for
| Role | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Oka Oori Katha | Movie | screenwriter | 56 |
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- Oka Oori Kathascreenwriter
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Quotes
Beauty doesn't need ornaments. Softness can't bear the weight of ornaments.
Read the full quoteWhat greatness do I have that I have to tell anyone about? I live just like millions of people in this country; I am ordinary. My life is also ordinary. I am a poor school teacher suffering family travails. During my…
Read the full quoteThe future belongs to the peasants and workers...India cannot remain unaffected by these winds of change...Who had suspected before the Resolution the tremendous might of the exploited peoples of Russia.
Read the full quoteThe greater the calamity, [he once wrote] the tougher the fibre. It is tragedy that makes a man.
Read the full quoteMy ideal of a woman is a combination of sacrifice, care and purity at one place. Sacrifice without a hope for reward, without showing any dissatisfaction and purity like Ceaser's wife, which does not bring any regret.
Read the full quoteFor children, father is a luxurious item, - just like beans for the horse....but mother is everything for the child. The child cannot bear separation from his mother even for a minute.
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Personal details
- Nationalities
- British Raj
- Languages
- Hindustani, Hindi, Urdu
- Genres
- social fiction, literary realism
- Notable works
- Godaan, Bazaar-e-Husn, Karmabhoomi, Shatranj ke khiladi, Gaban, Nirmala
- Education
- University of Allahabad