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Upendranath Ashk was born on 14 December, 1910 in Jalandhar, Punjab, British India, is a Upendranath Sharma Ashk. Discover Upendranath Ashk's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 86 years old?

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Occupation novelist, short story writer and playwright
Age 86 years old
Zodiac Sign Sagittarius
Born 14 December, 1910
Birthday 14 December
Birthplace Jalandhar, Punjab, British India
Date of death 1996
Died Place Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
Nationality India

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1910

Upendranath Sharma "Ashk", (14 December 1910 – 19 January 1996) was an Indian novelist, short story writer and playwright.

He was born in Jalandhar, Punjab.

1926

Ashk began composing Panjabi couplets at the age of 11, and began writing in Urdu in 1926, under the tutelage of the Jalandhari poet Mohammad Ali "Azar".

His first Urdu poem was published in the Sunday supplement of the popular Lahore-based Urdu daily Milap.

1930

In 1930, while still in college, he published his first collection of short stories, titled Nau Ratan.

It was during this phase that he adopted the nom de plume 'Ashk' ('teardrop' in Urdu) in keeping with the Urdu tradition of taking a takhallus.

The takhallus was chosen in honour of a childhood friend, whose death left a lasting impression on him.

1931

After graduating from college in 1931, Ashk taught at his alma mater for a few months before leaving for Lahore with the poet-journalist Mela Ram "Wafa".

For the next three years he worked for Lala Lajpat Rai's newspaper Vande Mataram as a reporter, and then worked his way up as a translator and then assistant editor for the Daily Veer Bharat and the weekly Bhoochal.

During this time he continued to publish poems and short stories in local journals.

1932

He also married his first wife, Sheela Devi, in 1932.

In 1932, on the advice of the celebrated Hindi author Premchand with whom he maintained a correspondence, Ashk switched to writing in Hindi, painstakingly writing each story in Urdu first and then translating it into Hindi.

1933

In 1933 he wrote his second short story collection in Urdu called Aurat Ki Fitrat, the foreword of which was written by Munshi Premchand.

Ashk began his literary career writing in Urdu but he switched to Hindi on the advice of Munshi Premchand.

His second collection of short stories, Aurat ki Fitrat, was published in Hindi in 1933, with an introduction by Premchand.

1934

In 1934, financial and other problems in his family made Ashk decide that he must adopt a more secure career path.

He resolved to study for a law degree and become a sub-judge (magistrate).

But just as he completed his degree, his wife, Sheela Devi, died from tuberculosis.

In a state of profound grief, Ashk abandoned his plan to enter the legal profession and resolved to become a full-time independent author.

At this juncture he also resolved to write realistically about suffering and poverty.

1936

In 1936, he published the short story "Ḍāchī" which was considered a milestone in progressive realism in Hindi-Urdu fiction.

His son, Neelabh Ashk, was also a poet and translator.

1940

He settled in Allahabad in the late 1940s.

1941

He joined All India Radio in 1941 where Krishan Chander, Patras Bokhari and Saadat Hasan Manto were among his colleagues.

In 1941, after living for two years at the commune Preetnagar near Amritsar, where he edited the Hindi-Urdu journal Preet Lari, Ashk was hired at All India Radio (AIR) as a playwright and Hindi adviser.

Other writers associated with AIR at that time included Sa'adat Hasan Manto, Khwaja Ahmad Abbas, Meeraji, Noon Meem Rashid, Krishan Chander and Rajinder Singh Bedi.

Also living in Delhi at the time were Hindi authors Agyeya, Shivdan Singh Chauhan, Jainendra Kumar, Banarsi Das Chaturvedi, Vishnu Prabhakar and Girija Kumar Mathur.

During this period, shk began work on his semi-autobiographical novel Girtī Dīvārẽ ('Falling Walls').

In 1941, Ashk separated from his second wife with whom he had had a short-lived marriage, and married Kaushalya Devi.

1944

In 1944, Ashk moved to Bombay to write dialogue and screenplays for the production company Filmistan.

At Filmistan, Ashk worked closely with Shashdhar Mukherji and the director Nitin Bose.

He wrote dialogues, stories and songs and even acted in two films: Mazdoor, directed by Nitin Bose, and Aath Din, directed by Ashok Kumar.

While in Bombay, Ashk became involved with IPTA and wrote one of his most noted plays, Tūfān se Pahale, which was produced for the stage by Balraj Sahni.

The play, which was critical of communalism, was later banned by the British government.

1946

In 1946, Ashk contracted Tuberculosis and in early 1947, he was moved the Bel Air Sanatorium in Panchgani.

1947

Ashk remained in the sanatorium for two years, during which time Girtī Dīvārẽ was first published, in 1947, and he also composed his well-known poem "Barghad kī Beṭī".

1948

In 1948, Ashk and Hindi poet Nirala each received Rs.

5000 from the government of Uttar Pradesh to support them through illness.

1965

He was the first Hindi dramatist to receive the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for playwriting in 1965.

Upendranath Ashk was born Upendranath Sharma to a Saraswat Brahmin family in Jalandhar, Panjab.