| Names |
PHANISHWAR NATH
"RENU" |
| Date of
Birth |
March 04, 1921 |
| Date of
Death |
April 11, 1977 |
| Identity |
Indian Hindi Writer |
| General |
- He was one of the most successful and influential
writers of modern Hindi literature in the post-Premchand era.
- He is the author of Maila Anchal,
which after Premchand's Godaan, is regarded as the
most significant Hindi novel.
- He is best known for promoting the voice of
the contemporary rural India through the genre of 'Aanchalik
Upanyas' (Regional Story), and is placed amongst the pioneering
Hindi writers who brought regional voices into the mainstream Hindi
literature.
- His short story Maare Gaye Gulfam
was adapted into a film Teesri Kasam (The Third
Vow), by Basu Bhattacharya (produced by the poet-lyricist
Shailendra) in 1966 for which he also wrote the dialogues.
- Later his short story Panchlight (Petromax) was
made into a TV short film.
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