Rajendra Yadav

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Hindi author Rajendra Yadav

PTI | Oct 29, 2013

The Times of India

Noted Hindi author Rajendra Yadav was a pioneer of the literary movement 'Nayi Kahani'.

Born on August 28, 1929, Yadav edited the literary magazine 'HANS', which was founded by Munshi Premchand in 1930. The magazine had ceased publication in 1953 but Yadav relaunched it on 31 July, 1986.

He was a pioneer of the Hindi literary movement 'Nayi Kahani' along with Mohan Rakesh.

His first novel was 'Pret Bolte Hain', which was published in 1951 and later retitled as 'Sara Akash' in the 1960s. It was adapted into a film of the same title by Basu Chatterjee.

He also translated into Hindi many works of Russian language writers like Turgenev, Chekhov, and Lermontov (A Hero of Our Times), as also Albert Camus (The Outsider).

Besides being a writer, Yadav was also a nominated board member of Prasar Bharti during 1999-2001.

Yadav is survived by his wife Mannu Bhandari, who is also a Hindi writer, and daughter Rachna.