Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c10.s2.t30.4

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Mulk Raj Anand started to write theories of literature, art and novels after graduation. He founded the All-India Progressive Writers’ Association in London in 1934. In 1945, he went back to India and settled in Mumbai. In 1951, he was elected as a member of the World Peace Council. He was awarded the International Peace Prize in 1952 and was conferred with the Padma Bhushan by the Indian government in 1967. His full-length novel *Morning Face* (1968) won him the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1972.