Premchand Munshi
The most important writer in Hindi and Urdu fiction, whose short stories and novels gave the poor and powerless of North India an unprecedented literary voice. Godaan and Gaban are masterpieces of Indian realist fiction.
Works
- GodaanTragic novel about peasant life and landlessness in colonial India
- GabanNovel exploring embezzlement and moral corruption
- NirmalaSocial novel about child marriage and widow remarriage
- RangbhoomiEpic novel about land ownership and social struggle
- SevasadanNovel about widow remarriage and social reform