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Born 1907 • Farrukhabad • India
Died September 11, 1987 (aged 80) • Prayagraj • India
Awards And Honors Jnanpith Award (1982)
Role In women’s rights movement
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Kamala Das
Indian author
Gulzar
Gulzar
writer, film producer, and director
Amrita Pritam
Amrita Pritam
Indian author and poet
Portrait of Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore with long wavy hair and a full beard, wearing a simple robe and looking directly at the camera.
Rabindranath Tagore
Bengali poet
Amīr Khusrow
Amīr Khusrow
Indian poet
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Kabir
Indian mystic and poet
Premchand, Indian writer
Premchand
Indian author
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Harishchandra
Indian writer
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Tulsidas
Indian poet
Indian writer Khushwant Singh in his study
Khushwant Singh
Indian writer
Ruskin Bond
Ruskin Bond
Indian author
R.K. Narayan
R.K. Narayan
Indian author
Mulk Raj Anand
Mulk Raj Anand
Indian author
Girish Karnad
Girish Karnad
Indian author, actor, and film director
Aleksandr Pushkin
Aleksandr Pushkin
Russian author
Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson
British author
Pauli Murray
Pauli Murray
American civil rights activist, lawyer, and writer
Dylan Thomas
Dylan Thomas
British author
Langston Hughes
Langston Hughes
American poet
Kazi Nazrul Islam
Kazi Nazrul Islam
Bengali author

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