Mukerji, Dhan Gopal
1890 - Born on July 6th in a jungle village called Kajangal near Calcutta, India, to Kissori and Bhuban Mukerji on the 6th of July, of the Brahmin priest class.
1904 - At the age of 14, Mukerji entered the Brahmin priesthood.
1908 - After returning home and beginning his priestly duties, he gave up on his family's tradition and went to school. He studied at the University of Calcutta.
1909 - He relocated to Japan and studied at the University of Tokyo.
1910 - At the age of 19, Mukerji moved to the United States and attended the University of California, Berkeley for three years.
1914 - He earned his graduate degree from Stanford University then taught for a short time at Stanford as a lecturer in the field of comparative literature. In the same year, he wrote with Mary Carloyn Davies Chintamini: A Symbolic Drama, adapted from a play by Girish C. Ghose.
1916 - He wrote the play Layla-Majnu. In the same year, he wrote the poetry
collections Rajani: Songs of the night.
1917 - He also wrote the poetry collections Sandhya: Songs of Twilight.
1918 - He married Ethel Ray Dugan, an American teacher and they had a son, Dhan Gopal II.
- After World War I, he returned to India and dedicated himself to promoting greater awareness of his country's many different cultures.
- He was a member of the Indian independence movement.
1922 - He wrote the play The Judgement of India and his first book for children Kari, the Elephant.
1923 - He published his autobiography, Caste and Outcast. In the same year, he released his second children's book, Jungle Beasts and Men.
1924 - Published My Brother's Face and Hari, the Jungle Lad.
1926 - Published the novel The Secret Listeners of the East.
1927 - Mukerji published his most famous book, Gay-Neck: The Story of a Pigeon.
1928 - Published A Son of Mother India Answers and Ghond, the Hunter, a sequel to Gay-Neck. Gay-Neck: The Story of a Pigeon won the Newbery Medal.
1929 - Published his other children's books Hindu Fables for Little Children and The Chief of the Herd.
1932 - He published The Master Monkey.
1934 - Published The Path of Prayer and Fierce-Face: The Story of a Tiger, his last work for children.
1936 - On the 14th of July, following a six-month nervous breakdown, he committed suicide by hanging himself in his New York City apartment.
2002 - A new edition of Caste and Outcast appeared in response to renewed academic interest.
1904 - At the age of 14, Mukerji entered the Brahmin priesthood.
1908 - After returning home and beginning his priestly duties, he gave up on his family's tradition and went to school. He studied at the University of Calcutta.
1909 - He relocated to Japan and studied at the University of Tokyo.
1910 - At the age of 19, Mukerji moved to the United States and attended the University of California, Berkeley for three years.
1914 - He earned his graduate degree from Stanford University then taught for a short time at Stanford as a lecturer in the field of comparative literature. In the same year, he wrote with Mary Carloyn Davies Chintamini: A Symbolic Drama, adapted from a play by Girish C. Ghose.
1916 - He wrote the play Layla-Majnu. In the same year, he wrote the poetry
collections Rajani: Songs of the night.
1917 - He also wrote the poetry collections Sandhya: Songs of Twilight.
1918 - He married Ethel Ray Dugan, an American teacher and they had a son, Dhan Gopal II.
- After World War I, he returned to India and dedicated himself to promoting greater awareness of his country's many different cultures.
- He was a member of the Indian independence movement.
1922 - He wrote the play The Judgement of India and his first book for children Kari, the Elephant.
1923 - He published his autobiography, Caste and Outcast. In the same year, he released his second children's book, Jungle Beasts and Men.
1924 - Published My Brother's Face and Hari, the Jungle Lad.
1926 - Published the novel The Secret Listeners of the East.
1927 - Mukerji published his most famous book, Gay-Neck: The Story of a Pigeon.
1928 - Published A Son of Mother India Answers and Ghond, the Hunter, a sequel to Gay-Neck. Gay-Neck: The Story of a Pigeon won the Newbery Medal.
1929 - Published his other children's books Hindu Fables for Little Children and The Chief of the Herd.
1932 - He published The Master Monkey.
1934 - Published The Path of Prayer and Fierce-Face: The Story of a Tiger, his last work for children.
1936 - On the 14th of July, following a six-month nervous breakdown, he committed suicide by hanging himself in his New York City apartment.
2002 - A new edition of Caste and Outcast appeared in response to renewed academic interest.
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