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Mulk Raj Anand (12 December, 1905 – 28 September, 2004) was an Indian writer in English, notable for his depiction of the lives of the poorer castes in traditional Indian society. One of the pioneers of Indo-Anglican fiction, he, together with R. K. Narayan, Ahmed Ali and Raja Rao, was one of the first India-based writers in English to gain an international readership. His work includes poetry and essays on a wide range of subjects, as well as autobiographies and novels. Prominent among his novels are The Village (1939).