Upendranath ashk biography of rory

Upendranath Sharma "Ashk" , 14 December — 19 January [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] was an Indian novelist, short story writer and playwright. Ashk began his literary career writing in Urdu but he switched to Hindi on the advice of Munshi Premchand. He settled in Allahabad in the late s. Ashk began composing Panjabi couplets at the age of 11, [ 12 ] and began writing in Urdu in , 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. In , 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. After graduating from college in , 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.

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During this time he continued to publish poems and short stories in local journals. He also married his first wife, Sheela Devi, in In , 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.

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