Mulk Raj Anand (12 December 1905 - 28 September 2004) was an Indian writer in English, recognized for his depiction of the lives of the poorer castes in traditional Indian society. One of the pioneers of Indo-Anglian fiction, he, together with R. K. Narayan, Ahmad Ali and Raja Rao, was one of the first India-based writers in English to gain an International readership and was a recipient of the civilian honor of the Padma Bhushan.
