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Upendranath Ashk

Upendranath Sharma "Ashk", (14 December 1910 – 19 January 1996)[2][3][4] was an Indian novelist, short story writer and playwright.[5] He was born in Jalandhar, Punjab.[6] In 1933 he wrote his second short story collection in Urdu called Aurat Ki Fitrat, the foreword of which was written by Munshi Premchand.

Ashk began his literary career writing in Urdu but he switched to Hindi on the advice of Munshi Premchand.

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He joined All India Radio in 1941[5] where Krishan Chander, Patras Bokhari and Saadat Hasan Manto[7][8] were among his colleagues. He settled in Allahabad in the late 1940s.[9] He was the first Hindi dramatist[1] to receive the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for playwriting in 1965.[10]

Biography

Early life

Upendranath Ashk was born Upendranath Sharma to a Saraswat Brahmin[11] family in Jalandhar, Panjab.

Ashk began composing Pa Upendranath Ashk - Profile, Biography and Life History - Veethi PEXU