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Dhan Gopal Mukerji (1890-1936) was the only Indian-
American writer to have won the John Newbery Medal in
1928 for his distinguished contribution to American Literature
for Children. Born in a jungle village, Kajangal, near Calcutta,
India, he went to the United States at the age of 19. Educated at
the University of California and Stanford University, Mukerji
was the first popular Indian writer in English. He began his
most prolific period of writing when he moved to New York in
the 1920s. Kari the Elephant was the first to see publication, in
1922, followed by Hari the Jungle Lad in 1924 and Gay-Neck,
the Story of a Pigeon in 1927.
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