Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c10.s2.t28.5

v2.c10.s2.t28.5

Yashpal created substantial works based on inheriting and promoting the critical realist tradition of Premchand and by integrating Marxism and his struggles for life, including 14 short or long novels like *Dada Comrade* (1941), *Deshadrohi* (1943) and *Jhutha Sach* (1960), about 200 short stories, four dramas, 10 collected works and three memoirs. In 1976, he was conferred the Padma Bhushan by the government of India and the Sahitya Akademi Award. His works have been translated into many languages including *Jhutha Sach* that was translated into Chinese by Jin Dinghan and Shen Jiazou, and published by Shanghai Translation Publishing House in 2000.