Mulk Raj Anand

Mulk Raj Anand was an Indian writer in the English language, recognised for his depiction of the lives of the poor in traditional Indian society. He was one of the pioneers of Indo-Anglian fiction and, together with R. K. Narayan and Raja Rao, was among the first India-based writers in English to gain an international readership. He lived from 1905 to 2004. His novels and short stories have acquired the status of classics of modern Indian English literature and are noted for their perceptive insight into the lives of the oppressed and their analysis of impoverishment, exploitation and misfortune. He became known for his protest novel Untouchable of 1935.