Phanishwar Nath Renu

Phanishwar Nath Renu, the Hindi writer of Maila Anchal, who brought the villages of Bihar into the Hindi novel.

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Date of issue December 26, 2016

Denomination Rs. 5

Quantity printed 200000

Printer Security Printing Press, Hyderabad

Perforation 13¾

Watermark No Watermark

Colours Multicolor

Printing process Wet Offset

Credit Ms. Nenu Gupta, Smt. Alka Sharma

Catalogue codes Michel IN 3045 Stamp Number IN 2881 Yvert et Tellier IN 2747 Stanley Gibbons IN 3216

Themes Authors, Famous people, Literary People (Poets and Writers), Literature, Men, Optical Instruments

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Phanishwar Nath Renu

Phanishwar Nath Renu (1921–1977) was one of the great Hindi writers of his time. His first novel, Maila Anchal (1954), portrayed the life of a village in Bihar with such sensitivity that it changed the structure and style of the Hindi novel and brought regional life into the national literature. He returned his Padma Shri in protest during the Emergency.

India Post issued eight ₹5 stamps on 26 December 2016 in a Personality Series: Bihar, designed by Nenu Gupta and Alka Sharma and printed by Security Printing Press, Hyderabad, 2 lakh of each. The brochure’s scan is partly illegible, so these texts also draw on Wikipedia.