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List Of Urdu Language Novelists
This is a list of notable Urdu language writers with their date of birth who wrote Novels in Urdu. 19th Century 20th century * Shaukat Thanvi 1904 * Mumtaz Mufti 1905 * Krishan Chander 1914 * Mirza Adeeb 1914 * Khwaja Ahmad Abbas 1914 * Naseem Hijazi 1914 * Ismat Chughtai 1915 * Rajinder Singh Bedi 1915 * Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi 1916 * Jagan Nath Azad 1918 * Razia Butt 1924 * Shaukat Siddiqui 1923 * Intizar Hussain 1923 * Ashfaq Ahmed 1925 * Harcharan Chawla * Ibn-e-Insha 1927 * Qurratulain Hyder 1927 * Begum Akhtar Riazuddin 1928 * Ibn-e-Safi 1928 * Bano Qudsia 1928 * Shabnam Romani 1928 * Altaf Fatima 1929 * Fatima Surayya Bajia 1930 * Obaidullah Baig 1936 * Muhammad Mansha Yaad 1937 * Mustansar Hussain Tarar 1939 * Anis Nagi 1939 * Mazhar ul Islam 1949 * Mirza Athar Baig 1950 * Zulfiqar Gilani 1960 * Pervez Bilgrami 1962 * Muhammad Asim Butt 1966 * Azhar Abidi 1968 * Rahman Abbas 1972 * Akhtar Raza Saleemi 1974 * Ali Akbar Natiq 1974 * Idris Azad 1969 * F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mirza Adeeb
Mirza Adeeb, ( ur, —; 4 April 1914 – 31 July 1999), also known as Meerza Adeeb, (—), was a Pakistani Urdu writer of dramas and short stories. His plays and short stories won him six prizes and awards from the Pakistan Writers' Guild, Pakistan Writers' Guild. Name Mirza Adeeb's name at birth, birth name was Mirza Dilawer Ali, but he came to be known in the literary world as Mirza Adeeb. (Mirza (noble), Mirza denotes the rank of a high nobleman or Prince,The derivation of which word is from Emir ('—) and —. and ''Adeeb'' means 'Litterateur'.) Early life He was born in 1914, in Lahore, British India to Mirza Basheer Ali. He attended Government Islamia High School, Bhati Gate, Lahore. He got his Bachelor of Arts degree from Islamia College Lahore, Islamia College, Lahore. He initially focused on poetry, then devoted himself to playwriting. Career Plays At first, being influenced from the , (—), he wrote romantic prose. Later, he switched to writing plays about every ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qurratulain Hyder
Qurratulain Hyder (20 January 1927 – 21 August 2007) was an Indian Urdu novelist and short story writer, an academic, and a journalist. One of the most outstanding and influential literary names in Urdu literature, she is best known for her Masterpiece, magnum opus, ''Aag Ka Darya'' (River of Fire), a novel first published in Urdu in 1959, from Lahore, Pakistan, that stretches from the fourth century BC to post partition of India.#Jn, Jnanpith, p. 42 Popularly known as "Ainee Apa" among her friends and admirers, she was the daughter of writer and pioneers of Urdu short story writing Sajjad Haidar Yildarim (1880–1943). Her mother, Nazar Zahra, who wrote at first as Bint-i-Nazrul Baqar and later as Nazar Sajjad Hyder (1894–1967), was also a novelist and protegee of Muhammadi Begam and her husband Syed Mumtaz Ali, who published her first novel. She received the 1967 Sahitya Akademi Award in Sahitya Akademi Award to Urdu Writers, Urdu for ''Patjhar Ki Awaz'' (Short stori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ibn-e-Insha
Sher Muhammad Khan ( ur, ), ( Punjabi, ), better known by his pen name Ibn-e-Insha, ( ur, ), ( Punjabi, ) (15 June 1927 – 11 January 1978)Profile of ''Ibn-e-Insha'' on allpoetry.com website Retrieved 14 June 2019 was a Pakistani , humorist, writer and . Along with his poetry, he was regarded as one of the best humorists of [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harcharan Chawla
Harcharan Dass Chawla (, November 4, 1926 – November 5, 2001) was an Urdu writer. Born in Mianwali (now Pakistan), he moved to Delhi, India as a refugee as a result of the 1947 partition of India. The event served as the backdrop for his first novel ''Darinday'', and would leave a lasting impression throughout his career, with migration and cultural identity dominant themes of his work. After graduating from the Panjab University in Chandigarh in 1956 and working for Indian Railways, in 1971 Chawla moved to Frankfurt, Germany then Oslo, Norway in 1974 where he would eventually settle. His shift to Europe would bring new dimension to his writing, addressing issues of loss of culture and identity faced by South Asians migrating to different parts of the world. In Oslo, Chawla helped creating a literary bridge between the Indian subcontinent and Norway by translating Norwegian stories into Urdu and Hindi and South Asian work into Norwegian. Completing the work of his wife Purni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashfaq Ahmed
Ashfaq Ahmed Khan ( ur, ; 22 August 1925 – 7 September 2004) was a writer, playwright and broadcaster from Pakistan. His works in Urdu included novels, short stories and plays for television and radio of Pakistan. He received the President's Pride of Performance and Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Star of Excellence) awards for his everlasting services in the field of broadcasting and literary heritage of Pakistan.ISLAMABAD: Tributes paid to Ashfaq Ahmed Dawn (newspaper), Published 1 November 2004. Retrieved 25 February 2019 Early life Ahmed was born on 22 August 1925 in , |
Intizar Hussain
Intizar Hussain ( ur, ; 21 December 1925 – 2 February 2016) was a Pakistani writer of Urdu novels, short stories, poetry and nonfiction. He is widely recognised as a leading literary figure of Pakistan. He was among the finalists of the Man Booker Prize in 2013. As someone born in Indian Subcontinent who later migrated to Pakistan during 1947 Partition, a perennial theme in Hussain's works deals with the nostalgia linked with his life in pre-partition era. Intizar Husain is often described as possibly the greatest living Urdu writer. Literary work He wrote short stories, novels and poetry in Urdu, and also literary columns for ''Dawn'' newspaper and ''Daily Express'' newspaper. ''The Seventh Door'', ''Leaves'' and ''Basti'' are among his books that have been translated into English. Among the five novels he wrote – ''Chaand Gahan'' (1952), ''Din Aur Daastaan'' (1959), ''Basti'' (1980), ''Tazkira'' (1987), ''Aage Samandar Hai'' (1995) – ''Basti'' received global praise. Hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shaukat Siddiqui
Shaukat Siddiqi ( ur, شوکت صدیقی; 20 March 1923 – 18 December 2006) was a Pakistani writer of fiction who wrote in Urdu language. He is best known for his novels '' Khuda Ki Basti'' (''God's Village'') and '' Jangloos''. Early life and career Siddiqi was born on 20 March 1923 in a literary family of Lucknow, British India.Novelist Shaukat Siddiqui dies The Nation (newspaper), Archived from the original on 21 October 2007, Retrieved 25 July 2018 He gained his early education in his home town and earned a B.A. in 1944 and an M.A. (Political Science) in 1944. After the , he migrated to Pakistan in 1950 a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Razia Butt
Razia Butt ( ur, ) was an Urdu novelist and playwright from Pakistan. One of the famous popular fiction writer of the 1960s and 1970s, she is often compared with English writer Barbara Cartland due to her popularity among the household readers. Some of her works have been adapted into television serials and films, including '' Bano''. Background Razia Niaz was born in Wazirabad on 19 May 1924. She spent most of her childhood in Peshawar. Career She first appeared in a literary journal around 1940 when she was in her teens. She later developed her first published story into a novel, ''Naila''. Butt also wrote radio plays. Films such as ''Naila'', '' Saiqa'' and television serials such as '' Saiqa'' and '' Dastaan'' are based on her novels. Married in 1946, Razia Butt resumed writing in 1950s after a break of some years. She wrote 51 novels and 350 short stories. Butt wrote an autobiography, ''Bichhray Lamhe''. Death Razia Butt died in Lahore on 4 October 2012 after a protra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jagan Nath Azad
Jagan Nath Azad (5 December 1918 – 24 July 2004), List.No.380 was an Indian Urdu poet, writer and academician. He wrote over 70 books, including poetry collections, poems, biographies, and travelogues. He was an authority on the life, philosophy and works of Muhammad Iqbal. He served as President of the Iqbal Memorial Trust for a term of five years (1981–85). Azad was elected vice-president of Anjuman Taraqqi-i-Urdu (Hind) (a national body for the promotion of Urdu under the Ministry of Human Resource Development), in 1989 and President in 1993, remaining in this office till his demise. He was at his writing desk until fifteen days before he died – of carcinoma and a brief illness – at the Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute & Research Centre in New Delhi, India on 24 July 2004. He was 84 and is survived by his wife and five children. Biography Azad was born on 5 December 1920 in the small town of Isa Khel in Mianwali District, Punjab. The District became part of P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi
Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi ( ur, ) born Ahmad Shah Awan ( ur, ) (20 November 1916 - 10 July 2006) was an Urdu language Pakistani poet, journalist, literary critic, dramatist and short story author. He wrote 50 books on topics such as poetry, fiction, criticism, journalism and art, and was a major figure in contemporary Urdu literature. His poetry was distinguished by its humanism, and his Urdu ''afsana'' (short story) work is considered by some second only to Munshi Prem Chand in its depiction of rural culture. He was also editor and publisher of the literary magazine '' Funoon'' for almost half a century. He received awards such as the Pride of Performance in 1968 and Sitara-e-Imtiaz in 1980 for his literary work. Gulzar, one of the most influential writers in modern India, called him his mentor and guru. Personal life Background Qasmi was born on November 20, 1916, in the village of Anga in Khushab District, British India, into an Awan Jatt family. He graduated from a high schoo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rajinder Singh Bedi
Rajinder Singh Bedi (1 September 1915 – 1984) was an Indian Urdu writer of the progressive writers' movement and a playwright, who later worked in Hindi cinema as a film director, screenwriter and dialogue writer and he is grandfather Rajat Bedi an Manek Bedi. As a screenwriter and dialogue writer, he is best known for Hrishikesh Mukherjee's films '' Abhimaan'', '' Anupama'' and ''Satyakam''; and Bimal Roy's ''Madhumati''. As a director he is known for '' Dastak'' (1970), starring Sanjeev Kumar and Rehana Sultan and ''Phagun'' (1973), starring Dharmendra, Waheeda Rehman, Jaya Bhaduri and Vijay Arora. He wrote his scripts in Urdu, like a number of other prominent screenwriters at the time. Bedi is considered one of the leading 20th century progressive writers of Urdu fiction, and one of the most prominent Urdu fiction writers. He is most known for 'disturbing' Partition of India tales. Biography Early life Bedi was born in village Dhallewali in Sialkot district, Punjab, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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