Question: People of the City is a novel by Cyprian Ekwensi that preempted the importance of a novel first published in what year?
Sentence (from "Qurratulain Hyder"): Qurratulain Hyder (20 January 1927 – 21 August 2007) was an influential Indian Urdu novelist and short story writer, an academic, and a journalist.
Relevant evidence: No