Ismail Ahmedani (1930–2007) (اسماعیل احمدانی) was a
Saraiki novelist, fiction writer, and promoter of the Saraiki language.
Life
He was born 1 January 1930 in a small village "Khoi" in
Rajanpur District
Rajanpur ( ur, ) is a district of the Pakistani province of Punjab, with its administrative headquarters the city of Rajanpur. Lying west of the Indus River, its inhabitants are mostly Saraikis and Baloch. According to the 1998 census, the ...
,
British India
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(now
Pakistan
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).
His father Muhammad Moosa Khan was a writer and teacher. He earned a
BA in art from
Dera Ghazi Khan
Dera Ghazi Khan (), abbreviated as D.G. Khan, is a city in the southwestern part of Punjab, Pakistan. It is the 19th largest city of Pakistan by population. Lying west of the Indus River, it is the headquarters of Dera Ghazi Khan District and ...
after which Ismail Ahmedani started his life as a teacher from Bahawal pur and then Khan pur district Rahim Yar Khan.
He wrote a travelogue named ''Peet de Pandh'' (travel of love)
[worldcat listing at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/18673065?tab=details#tabs] and won an award for this writing. He wrote his autobiography named ''Yadden De Kak Muhal'' (places of memories). In 2013 he was again awarded the Khwaja Ghulam Farid award for literature in the Saraiki language for this autobiography.
[Amir Jalil Bobra]
PAL confers awards on literary figures
The Nation; Lahore, Pakistan Lahore, Pakistan 19 Dec 2013.
Published books
*''Peet Dey Pandh''(پیت دے پندہ)A travelogue from
Sanghar
Sanghar ( sd, سانگھڙ; ur, سانگھڑ English: Sānghar) is a city in Sanghar District, Sindh, Pakistan. Sanghar is the headquarters of Sanghar District and Sanghar Taluka (a subdivision of the district). The driving distance of Sangher ...
to Fort Manro(Awarded), Publisher: Rasūlpūr, Z̤ilaʻ Ḍerah G̲h̲āzī K̲h̲ān : Sirāʼekī Pablīkeshanz ; Baḥāvalpūr : Milne kā patah, Sirāʼekī Lāʼibrerī, (1980)
*''Chuoliyan''(چولیاں) A novel about Existentialis
(Awarded)
*''Amar Kahaani''(امر کہانی) A novel about Saraiki movement
*''Yadeen de kaak Mahal''(یادین دی کاک محل) Autobiography (Awarded)
Unpublished books
*''Hakra wal wahse(حاکرا ول واسی) Drama
*''Moona leza dii Murk''(مونالیزا دی مرک) A collection of eleven fictions
References
1930 births
2007 deaths
Baloch people
Pakistani scholars
Pakistani dramatists and playwrights
Saraiki people
People from Rajanpur District
People from Sanghar District
University of Sindh alumni
Saraiki-language writers
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