India’s 10 Most Successful Short Story Writers
1. Rabindranath Tagore:Rabindranath Tagore (born May 7, 1861) was the first non-European laureate to win the Nobel Prize. Best known as a poet, he was a man of a wealth of talents. He was a nationalist who renounced his knighthood to protest British policies in colonial India after the Jallianwala Bagh massacre. He was also a painter and composer. One of these rare talents was also short stories. He wrote them in Bengali, English and Hindi. He even translated several famous English stories into Bengali and Hindi.
His most famous stories are: Sompotti Somorpon, Kabuliwallah (The Kabul Fruit Seller), Ghare Baire (Home and the World), Jogajog (Relationships), Nastanirh (The Broken Nest), Shesher Kobita (The Last Farewell Poem or Song), Gora, Char Oddhay, Bou Thakuranir Haat, Malancha and Chokher bali are some of his excellent short story works.
2. Before marketing: Munshi Premchand (born July 31, 1880) is one of the most renowned names in Hindi literature. His original name was Dhanpat Rai. He was a novelist, playwright and mainly a short story writer. The Hindi translations of it are still relevant. Munshi Ji was a teacher by profession but still wrote in Urdu. He also wrote little stories. He was very patriotic and his Urdu works described the conditions of the nationalist movement that was developing in colonial India. His thought-provoking short stories of him were realistic on the one hand and heartwarming on the other. His stories always carried some kind of social message while entertaining readers. His depiction of the plight of girls and women in the 19th century is colorful and hits readers to raise awareness of the status of women. He later he was elected as Progressive Writers Association in Lucknow.
His most famous stories are: Adeeb Ki Izat, Duniya ka Sabse Anmol Ratan, Bade Bhai Sahab, Beti ka Dhan, Saut, Sajjanata ka dand, Panch Parameshvar and Pariksha.
His most famous stories are: The Timeless Beastly Tales and Other Stories, From Heaven Lake: Travels Through Sinkiang and Tibet, Arion and the Dolphin (for children)
3. R. K. Narayan: Rasipuram Krishnaswami Iyer Narayanaswami (born October 10, 1906) was an Indian writer known for his simplicity. His writing was as simple as his life. He had been nominated several times for the Nobel Prize in Literature. The compassionate humanism of each of the brief and tiny stories of him. Swami was one of the best characters of him which was even adapted as a serial in Doordarshan. Rasipuram Krishnaswami Iyer Narayanaswami won several awards and honors for his works. These include, the Sahitya Akademi Award for The Guide in 1958 and Padma Bhushan in 1964.
His most famous stories are: Gods, Demons and Others, Grandma’s Tale and Selected Tales, A Horse and Two Goats and Other Tales, The Days of Malgudi (book), Under the Banyan Tree and Other Tales and Malgudi’s World.
4. Ruskin Bond: Ruskin Bond (born 19 May 1934) is a great Indian writer of British descent. He is the author of many great children’s stories and received the Sahitya Akademi Award in honor of his literary work. The famous character of him is Rusty, who was involved in various mischievous activities since his birth.
His most famous stories are: The sensualist, The night train in Deoli, The cherry tree, The tiger in the tunnel, Time stands still in Shamli, Sussana’s 7 husbands, Delhi is not far, The room on the roof, The death of the trees, The umbrella blue, A flight of doves, when darkness falls.
5. Mahadevi Verma: Mahadevi Verma (born March 26, 1907) was strictly the modern Meera, as Mahadevi Verma was heavily influenced by Buddhism and was deeply aesthetic. Her poetry is marked by constant pain, the pain of separation from her beloved, the supreme being. She returned the Chhayavaad generation to her position when romanticism was at its height. She received the Jnanpith Award in the year 1982.
His famous short stories and prose are: Ateet Ke chalchitra, Kshanda, Mera Parivaar, Path ke Saathi, Sahityakaar ki Asatha, Sambhashan, Sankalpita, Shrinkhla ki kadiya, Smriti Ki Rekhayen
6. Khushwant Singh: Khushwant Singh (born 2 February 1915) was an Indian novelist, lawyer, and journalist. He was a man of rare intellect and possessed many hidden talents. He graduated from St. Stephen’s College, Delhi and King’s College London. He was editor of many renowned newspapers and magazines like The Illustrated Weekly of India, The National Herald and Hindustan Times.
His famous collections of short stories are: Vishnu’s Mark and Other Stories, The Voice of God and Other Stories, A Bride for the Sahib and Other Stories, Black Jasmine, The Collected Stories.
7.Mulk Raj Anand: Mulk Raj Anand (born 12 December 1905) was the first English-language Indian writer to come to prominence on the international scene. He can be considered a pioneer in Anglo-Indian fiction and the first to represent the masses and their plight. He highlighted many social ills that were prevalent in the society of that time. He himself was born into a family of tinkers, but being an avid apprentice, he went to Cambridge for higher studies.
His famous collections of short stories are: The lost boy and other stories, The barbers union and other stories, The tractor and the corn goddess and other stories, Reflections on the golden bed, The power of darkness and other stories Lajwanti and other stories, Between tears and laughter, Selected Short Film Mulk Raj Anand Stories, Tales Told By An Idiot: Selected Short Stories.
8. Jhumpa Lahiri: Jhumpa Lahiri (born July 11, 1967) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer known for works of fiction such as Interpreter of Disease, The Namesake, Unusual Earth, and The Lowlands. He is famous for the thoughtful thought he devotes to each and every character and the fascinating emotional connection to them.
His famous collections of short stories are: Disease interpreter, the namesake
9.Vikram Seth: Vikram Seth (born June 20, 1952) is an Indian novelist, poet, and travel writer best known for his epic novel ‘A Proper Child’. For more than three decades he has been writing and receiving due recognition from critics. He graduated from Corpus Christi College, Oxford and completed his master’s degree in economics at Stanford University, USA. The novel ‘The Golden Gate’, published in 1986, made him one of the most acclaimed novelists of his time and the book earned him much praise from readers as well as critics.
10. Anita Desai: Anita Desai (born 24 June 1937) is one of the most notable contemporary Indian writers of English-language fiction. She was born to a Bengali father and a German mother. She grew up in Delhi, she received her education first from her at Queen Mary’s School and then at Miranda House, one of the most prestigious colleges of the University of Delhi. At the young age of seven, she published her first novel, Cry, the Peacock, in 1963. Since then, Ella Desai has published novels, short stories, and children’s literature.
His famous collections of short stories are: Games in Twilight and other stories, Diamond Dust: Stories
Other notable short story writers include Jayshankar Prasad, Rohinton Mistry, Kiran Desai, Amitav Ghosh, and Arundhati Roy.
