Altaf Fatima ( ur, الطاف فاطمہ; 10 June 1927 – 29 November 2018) was a Pakistani

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Muhammad Iqbal Sir Muhammad Iqbal ( ur, ; 9 November 187721 April 1938), was a South Asian Muslim writer, philosopher, Quote: "In Persian, ... he published six volumes of mainly long poems between 1915 and 1936, ... more or less complete works on philoso ...

). Altaf Fatima was born in

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, she moved to

Lahore Lahore ( ; pnb, ; ur, ) is the second most populous city in Pakistan after Karachi and 26th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 13 million. It is the capital of the province of Punjab where it is the largest city. ...

during the

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, earning MA and

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from the

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. Her novel ''Dastak Na Do'' ("Do not Knock") is regarded as one of the defining works in the

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for her book, Deed Wadeed. She died on 29 November 2018.

Works

Novels

* ''Nishaan-i-Mehfil'' (1975) * '' Dastak Naa Do'' (1964) (''The One Who Did Not Ask'' (Novel) English translation published by

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in 1994) * '' Chalta Musafir'' (1981) * ''Khwabgar'' (2008)

Collection of short stories

* ''Woh Jissay chaha gaya''(1969) * ''Jab Deewarein Girya Karti Hain (1988)'' * ''Taar-i-Ankaboot (1990)'' * ''Deed Wadeed'' (2017) * ''Gawahi Akhir e Shab Ki'' (2018)

Translations

* ''Naghmay ka Qatal'' (Urdu Translation of

Harper Lee Nelle Harper Lee (April 28, 1926February 19, 2016) was an American novelist best known for her 1960 novel ''To Kill a Mockingbird''. It won the 1961 Pulitzer Prize and has become a classic of modern American literature. Lee has received numero ...

's novel ''

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'') * ''Mere Bachay Meri Daulat'' (Urdu Translation of My Children, My Gold by Debbie Taylor) * ''Barrey Aadmi, Aur Unke Nazariyat''. A collection of political essays * ''Moti''. Urdu Translation of '' The Pearl'' by

John Steinbeck John Ernst Steinbeck Jr. (; February 27, 1902 – December 20, 1968) was an American writer and the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature winner "for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humor and keen social ...

* ''Sach Kahaniyan'' (2000) (Urdu translation of Truth Tales i.e. Gujrati, Marathi, Tamil and Hindi Short Stories) * ''Zaitoon ke Jhund'' (2016) (Urdu translation of Santa Claus in Baghdad by Elsa Marston) * ''Japani Afsana Nigar Khawateen'' (1994) (Urdu translation of collection of Japanese short stories ) * ''Haveli ke Ander''. (Urdu translation of ''

Inside the Haveli ''Inside the Haveli'' is an English-language novel written by Rama Mehta. For this novel Mehta was conferred Sahitya Akademi Award in 1979. The story of the novel revolved around a young girl from Mumbai, India. She marries a son of a former Indian ...

'' by

Rama Mehta Rama Mehta (1923–1978) was an Indian sociologist and writer who is remembered above all for her novel '' Inside the Haveli'' (1977). The book won the Sahitya Akademi Award The Sahitya Akademi Award is a literary honour in India, which t ...

) * Urdu translation of collection of South American short stories

Tanqeed

* ''Urdu Adab Mein Fann e Sawaneh Nigari ka Irtiqa'' (1961)

General

* ''Rozmarra Aadaab'' (1963)