Jeelani Bano is an Indian writer of

Urdu literature Urdu literature ( ur, , ) is literature in the Urdu language. While it tends to be dominated by poetry, especially the verse forms of the ''ghazal '' غزل and ''nazm '' نظم, it has expanded into other styles of writing, including that of t ...

. She was honored by the

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, in 2001, with the fourth highest Indian civilian award of

Padma Shri Padma Shri (IAST: ''padma śrī''), also spelled Padma Shree, is the fourth-highest Indian honours system, civilian award of the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan. Instituted on 2 January 1954, ...

Biography

Jeelani Bano was born on 14 July 1936 in Badayun, in the Indian state of

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to Hairat Badayuni, a known Urdu poet. After her schooling, she enrolled for intermediate course when she married Anwar Moazzam, a poet of repute and a former head of the Department of Islamic Studies at the

Osmania University Osmania University is a collegiate public state university located in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. Mir Osman Ali Khan, the 7th Nizam of Hyderabad in 1918 , He released a farman to establish OSMANIA UNIVERSITY on the day of 28 August 1918. It ...

and shifted to

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. She continued her education to secure a master's degree (MA) in Urdu. She started writing at an early age, reported to be at the age of eight, and her first story, ''Ek Nazar Idhar Bhi'' (A Glance Hither), was published in 1952. She is credited with 22 books comprising anthologies starting with ''Roshni ke Minar'' and novels beginning with ''Aiwaan-e-ghazal''. Her list of books include an autobiography, ''Afzane'' and a collection of her correspondence with other writers, ''Door ki Aawaazen''. One of her stories, ''Narsayya Ki Bavdi'', has been made into a 2009 feature film,

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by the renowned filmmaker,

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. Many of her books have been translated into other languages. Bano received the Andhra Pradesh Sahitya Akademi Award in 1960, followed by the Soviet Land Nehru Award in 1985. She received the Qaumi Haali Award from the Haryana Urdu Academy in 1989. The

honoured her with the civilian award of

in 2001. Jeelani Bano, a former Chairperson of the non governmental organization for women's rights, ''Asmita'', lives in Banjara Hills, Hyderabad. She is also associated with ''Youth for Action'' of which she is a former chairperson, ''Child and Women Human Rights'', a forum of the International Human Rights Association of India as its principal advisor and maintains associations with radio and television.

Selected works

* Aiwaan-e-ghazal (novel) * Baarish-e-Sang (novel) * Nirvaan (novel) * Jugnu aur Sitare (novel) * Naghme Ka Safar (novel) * Roshni ke Minar (short story anthology) * Paraya Ghar (short story anthology) * Raat ke Musafir (short story anthology) * Raz ka Qissa (short story anthology) * Yeh koun Hansa (short story anthology) * Tiryaaq (short story anthology) * Nayee Aurat (short story anthology) * Sach ke siva (short story anthology) * Baat Phoolon ki (short story anthology) * Dus Pratinidhi Kahaniyan (short story anthology) * Kun (short story anthology) * Addu (short story anthology)

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