13 Facts About Mohan Rakesh

Mohan Rakesh was one of the pioneers of the Nai Kahani literary movement of the Hindi literature in India in the 1950s.

Mohan Rakesh wrote the first modern Hindi play, Ashadh Ka Ek Din, which won a competition organised by the Sangeet Natak Akademi.

Mohan Rakesh made significant contributions to the novel, the short story, travelogue, criticism, memoir and drama.

Mohan Rakesh's Aadhe-adhure is one of the most significant plays about urbanmiddle class family and poignantly projects the transition of values in the changing urban scenario in India.

Mohan Rakesh was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1968.

Mohan Rakesh was born as Madan Mohan Guglani on 8 January 1925 in Amritsar in the Punjab Province of British India.

Mohan Rakesh's father was a lawyer who died when he was sixteen.

Mohan Rakesh's father migrated from Sindh to Punjab long ago.

Mohan Rakesh started his career as a postman at Dehradun from 1947 to 1949, after that he shifted to Delhi, but found a teaching job in Jalandhar, Punjab for a short while.

Mohan Rakesh briefly edited Hindi literary journal Sarika, from 1962 to 1963.

Mohan Rakesh's novels are Andhere Band Kamare and Na Aane Wala Kal.

Mohan Rakesh's plays include Ashadh Ka Ek Din, played a major role in reviving Hindi theatre in the 1960s and Adhe Adhure.

Mohan Rakesh's plays continue to be performed and receive acclaim worldwide.