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Rajendra Yadav

Rajendra Yadav
Yadav in February 2013
Yadav in February 2013
Born(1929-08-28)28 August 1929
Agra, United Provinces, British India
Died28 October 2013(2013-10-28) (aged 84)
New Delhi, India
OccupationNovelist
NationalityIndian
CitizenshipIndian
SpouseManu Bhandari

Rajendra Yadav (28 August 1929 – 28 October 2013) was a Hindi fiction writer, and a pioneer of the 'Nayi Kahani' movement of Hindi literature. He edited the literary magazine HANS, which was founded by Munshi Premchand in 1930 but ceased publication in 1953 – Yadav relaunched it on 31 July 1986, (Premchand's Birthday).[1][2]

His wife Manu Bhandari was a notable Hindi writer and novelist.

  1. ^ Journals of resurgence[usurped] Frontline, The Hindu, 1 July 2005.
  2. ^ "Swan's song: Celebrating 25 years of a landmark Hindi literary magazine". Mint. 27 December 2011.

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