Daya Narain Nigam- Makers of Indian Literature

Daya Narain Nigam holds a unique place among the galaxy of writers who enriched Urdu literary journalism in the first half of the twentieth century. From 1903 to 1942, he not only established new trends in Urdu literary journalism through the monthly Zamana and the weekly Azad, but left an indelible mark on a whole new generation through his enlightened and intellectual views. He was a very close friend of Prem Chand and played an important role in shaping Prem Chand's creative literary genius.

This monograph published under Sahitya Akademi's 'Makers of IndianLiterature' series highlights all the aspects of Daya Narain Nigam's personality and literary, as well as journalistic services.

Naami Ansari, the author of this monograph was a well-known Urdu poet, writer and journalist. He has published four books.

Mohammad Umar Burney, the translator of this book is a retired Principal of a Government Senior Secondary School in Delhi has translated six books, two books from Hindi into English, two from English into Urdu and two from Urdu into English.

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