Mohan Chopra was a Hindi

Hindi

Standard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi...

 intellectual and author.

Life

Mohan Chopra was born at Gurdaspur

Gurdaspur

Gurdaspur is a city in the state of Punjab, situated in the northwest part of the Republic of India. It is located in the center of and is the administrative head of Gurdaspur District. It was the location of a fort which was famous for the siege it sustained in 1712 from the Mughals...

, Punjab

Punjab (India)

Punjab ) is a state in the northwest of the Republic of India, forming part of the larger Punjab region. The state is bordered by the Indian states of Himachal Pradesh to the east, Haryana to the south and southeast and Rajasthan to the southwest as well as the Pakistani province of Punjab to the...

, India

India

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. He received his education at Dalhousie

Dalhousie, India

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, Gurdaspur, and Lahore

Lahore

Lahore is the capital of the Pakistani province of Punjab and the second largest city in the country. With a rich and fabulous history dating back to over a thousand years ago, Lahore is no doubt Pakistan's cultural capital. One of the most densely populated cities in the world, Lahore remains a...

. He earned an M.A. in English and taught in colleges at Lahore, Ludhiana, Ferozepur, and Hissar

Hisar, India

Hisar city, previously spelled Hissar, is the administrative headquarters of Hisar district, in the state of Haryana, in northwestern India. Hisar was founded in 1354 CE, as Hissar-e-Firoza by Firoz Shah Tughlaq, who reigned over the Sultanate of Delhi from 1351 to 1388. on the demolished ruins...

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Short stories

Chopra's first short story was published in 1953 in a Calcuttan

Kolkata

Kolkata , formerly known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, it was the commercial capital of East India...

 magazine called Ranee. He wrote about a hundred short stories in his life. Most of them were published in a magazine from Allahabad

Allahabad

Allahabad , or Settled by God in Persian, is a major city of India and is one of the main holy cities of Hinduism. It was renamed by the Mughals from the ancient name of Prayaga , and is by some accounts the second-oldest city in India. It is located in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh,...

 called Kahani. These stories are included in five collections of short stories titled Aadha Kata Hua Surya, Peele Patte, Sham Aur Akela Aadmi, Band Darwaza, and Intezaar Aur Terah Anya Kahaniyan. A number of these short stories have been translated in other Indian languages.

Novels

Mohan Chopra's novel, Bahein, was published in 1956. Thereafter, five other novels were published: Needh Se Aage, Ek Chhaya Aur Main, Subah Se Pahle, Ye Naye Log, and Tuta Hua Aadmi. Ek Chhaya Aur Main was translated into the Kannada language and published under the name Bhranti Samar.

Drama

In the field of drama, three of Mohan Chopra's works were published: Samay Ke Swar, a collection of one-act plays; Chattan Ka Phool, a collection of radio plays; and Aandhi Aur Ghar, a full-length play. Aandhi Aur Ghar was written along the lines of a Greek drama, keeping in view the unity of time, place, and action.

Poetry

Chopra published two books of poetry: Nai Subah Ke Charan in 1968 and Coffee House Mein Mynah in 2000.

Subject of Ph.D research

His works were the subject of extensive research by Kurukshetra University

Kurukshetra University

Kurukshetra University was established in 1956 in Kurukshetra in Haryana, India, situated 160 km from Delhi, and member of Association of Commonwealth Universities The Kurukshetra University was the dream of the then Punjab Governor, Sir Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh, a great Sanskrit...

. In 2000, a Ph.D degree was awarded to Promila Anand for research work entitled Mohan Chopra Ka Vyaktitava Aur Krititava.

Awards

His novels Tuta Hua Aadmi and Ye Naye Log, the full-length play Aandhi Aur Ghar, and collection of short stories Aadha Kata Hua Surya were declared the best works of the year for 1971, 1972, and 1973 respectively by the Haryana Government. His novel Ye Naye Log was declared the best work for the year 1972 by the Punjab Government.

Mohan Chopra's works in chronological order

• Samay Ke Swar, a collection of one-act plays, 1955
• Baahein, a novel, 1956
• Needh Se Aage, a novel, 1961
  
• Chattan Ka Phool, a collection of radio plays, 1963
• Ek Chhaya Aur Main, a novel, 1965
• Nai Subah Ke Charan, a collection of poems, 1967
• Vaadiyon Ke Raaste, a travelogue, 1968
• Subah Se Pahle, a novel, 1969
  
• Ye Naye Log, a novel, 1970
• Tuta Hua Aadmi, a novel, 1971
  
• Aandhi Aur Ghar, a full-length play, 1972
• Aadha Kata Hua Surya, a collection of short stories, 1973
• Peele Patte, Sham Aur Akela Aadmi, a collection of short stories,1987
• Band Darwaja, a collection of short stories, 1990
• Coffee House Main Mynah, a collection of poems, 2000
• Intezaar Aur Terah Anya Kahaaniyan, a collection of short stories, 2002

External links

• Books by Mohan Chopra