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Recipients of the Adamjee Literary Award

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The list Recipients of the Adamjee Literary Award includes Abul Fazal (writer), Begum Akhtar Riazuddin, Mirza Adeeb, Kishwar Naheed and Intizar Hussain. The list consists of 37 members.
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    Begum Akhtar Riazuddin

    Pakistani writer and activist
    Overview: Begum Akhtar Riazuddin SI, MA (English) also spelt Riaz-ud-din or Riaz-ud-deen (born 15 October 1928) is a Pakistani feminist activist who is also the first modern Urdu-travelogue writer. She has received ...
    Date of birth: 15 October 1928
    Age: 96
    Nationality: Pakistani
    Occupation: Activist
    Gender: Female
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    Mirza Adeeb

    Pakistani Urdu writer of drama and short story
    Mirza Adeeb
    Overview: Mirza Adeeb, PP, BA (Hon), (Urdu: مرزا ادیب‎—Mirzā Adīb; 4 April 1914 — 31 July 1999), also known as Meerza Adeeb, (میرزا ادیب—Mīrzā Adīb), was a Pakistani Urdu writer of dramas and short stories ...
    Date of birth: 4 April 1914
    Date of death: 31 July 1999
    Age: 85 (age at death)
    Nationality: Pakistani
    Occupation: Playwright
    Gender: Male
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    Kishwar Naheed

    Pakistani writer
    Overview: Kishwar Naheed (Urdu: کشور ناہید‎) (born 1940) is a feminist Urdu poet and a writer from Pakistan. She has written several poetry books. She has also received awards including Sitara-e-Imtiaz for ...
    Date of birth: 1940
    Age: 84
    Nationality: Pakistani
    Occupation: Writer
    Gender: Female
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    Abul Fazal (writer)

    Bangladeshi writer and academic
    Overview: Abul Fazal (1 July 1903 – 4 May 1983) was a Bangladeshi writer and academic. He served as the 4th vice-chancellor of University of Chittagong. He was awarded Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1962 and ...
    Date of birth: 1 July 1903
    Date of death: 4 May 1983
    Age: 79 (age at death)
    Nationality: Bangladeshi
    Occupation: Writer
    Gender: Male
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    Intizar Hussain

    Writer and novelist (1925 - 2016)
    Overview: Intizar Hussain (Urdu: انتظار حسین‎; 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 ...
    Date of birth: 1926
    Date of death: 2 February 2016
    Age: 89 (age at death)
    Nationality: Pakistani
    Occupation: Writer
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    Zahir Raihan

    Bangladeshi film director
    Zahir Raihan
    Overview: Zahir Raihan (19 August 1935 – disappeared 30 January 1972) was a Bangladeshi novelist, writer and filmmaker. He is most notable for his documentary Stop Genocide (1971), made during the Bangladesh Li ...
    Date of birth: 19 August 1935
    Date of death: 30 December 1971
    Age: 36 (age at death)
    Nationality: Indian
    Occupation: Film Director
    Gender: Male
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    Ada Jafri

    First female Urdu poet
    Ada Jafri
    Overview: Ada Jafarey (Urdu: ادؔا جعفری‎ : Adā Jaʿfrī) (PP, TI), often spelled Ada Jafri (22 August 1924 – 12 March 2015), was a Pakistani poet who is regarded as the first major female Urdu poet to be pu ...
    Date of birth: 22 August 1924
    Date of death: 12 March 2015
    Age: 90 (age at death)
    Nationality: Pakistani
    Occupation: Poet
    Gender: Female
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    Khadija Mastoor

    Pakistani writer
    Khadija Mastoor
    Overview: Khadija Mastoor (Urdu: خدیجہ مستور‎, Khadījah Mastūr; 11 December 1927 – 25 July 1982) was a Pakistani short story writer and novelist who was highly regarded in Urdu literature. Her novel Aangan ...
    Date of birth: 11 December 1927
    Date of death: 25 July 1982
    Age: 54 (age at death)
    Nationality: Pakistani
    Occupation: Novelist
    Gender: Female
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    Shaukat Siddiqui

    Pakistani writer
    Overview: Shaukat Siddiqi (Urdu: 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 V ...
    Date of birth: 20 March 1923
    Date of death: 18 December 2006
    Age: 83 (age at death)
    Nationality: Pakistani
    Occupation: Writer
    Gender: Male
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  • 10.

    Jamiluddin Aali

    Writer, scholar, Urdu poet from Pakistan (1926–2015)
    Overview: Nawabzada Mirza Jamiluddin Ahmed Khan PP, HI (20 January 1925 – 23 November 2015), better known as Jamiluddin Aali or Aaliji, was a Pakistani poet, critic, playwright, essayist, columnist, and scholar ...
    Date of birth: 20 January 1926
    Date of death: 23 November 2015
    Age: 89 (age at death)
    Nationality: Indian
    Occupation: Writer
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    Abu Rushd

    Bangladeshi author
    Abu Rushd
    Overview: Syed Abu Rushd Matinuddin (known by his pen name Abu Rushd, 25 December 1919 – 23 February 2010) was a Bangladeshi writer.
    Date of birth: 25 December 1919
    Date of death: 25 February 2010
    Age: 90 (age at death)
    Nationality: Bangladeshi
    Occupation: Writer
    Gender: Male
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  • 12.

    Syed Shamsul Haque

    Bangladeshi writer
    Syed Shamsul Haque
    Overview: Syed Shamsul Haq (27 December 1935 – 27 September 2016) was a Bangladeshi writer. He was awarded Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1966 (the youngest among all to receive it), Ekushey Padak in 1984 and ...
    Date of birth: 27 December 1935
    Date of death: 27 September 2016
    Age: 80 (age at death)
    Nationality: Bangladeshi
    Occupation: Writer
    Gender: Male
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  • 13.

    Farrukh Ahmed

    Bangladeshi poet of 20th Century.
    Farrukh Ahmed
    Overview: Farrukh Ahmad (10 June 1918 – 19 October 1974) was a poet and writer of Bangladesh. He is commonly known as the 'Poet of the Muslim renaissance', as many of his poems embody the spirit of resurrection ...
    Date of birth: 1918
    Date of death: 19 October 1974
    Age: 56 (age at death)
    Nationality: Bangladeshi
    Occupation: Writer
    Gender: Male
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  • 14.

    Ahsan Habib

    Bangladeshi, Writer
    Ahsan Habib
    Overview: Ahsan Habib (2 February 1917 – 10 July 1985) was a Bangladeshi poet and literary figure in Bengali culture. He was born in the village of Shankarpasha, in Pirojpur. Before the India-Pakistan partition ...
    Date of birth: 2 February 1917
    Date of death: 10 July 1985
    Age: 68 (age at death)
    Nationality: Bangladeshi
    Occupation: Writer
    Gender: Male
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    Shamsur Rahman

    Bangladeshi poet, writer, journalist
    Shamsur Rahman
    Overview: Shamsur Rahman (Bengali: শামসুর রাহমান; 23 October 1929 – 17 August 2006) was a Bangladeshi poet, columnist and journalist. A prolific writer, Rahman produced more than sixty books of poetry collection ...
    Date of birth: 23 October 1929
    Date of death: 17 August 2006
    Age: 76 (age at death)
    Nationality: Bangladeshi
    Occupation: Writer
    Gender: Male
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  • 16.

    Qateel Shifai

    Pakistani poet
    Qateel Shifai
    Overview: Muhammad Aurangzeb or Qateel Shifai (Urdu: قتِیل شِفائ ‎), (24 December 1919 – 11 July 2001) was a Pakistani Urdu poet and lyricist.
    Date of birth: 24 December 1919
    Date of death: 11 July 2001
    Age: 81 (age at death)
    Nationality: Pakistani
    Occupation: Writer
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  • 17.

    Parveen Shakir

    Pakistani poet (1952–1994)
    Parveen Shakir
    Overview: Parveen Shakir PP (Urdu: پروین شاکر‎; 24 November 1952 – 26 December 1995) was a Pakistani poet, teacher and a civil servant of the Government of Pakistan. She is best known for her poems, which ...
    Date of birth: 24 November 1952
    Date of death: 26 December 1994
    Age: 42 (age at death)
    Nationality: Pakistani
    Occupation: Writer
    Gender: Female
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  • 18.

    Jamila Hashmi

    Pakistani novelist (1934-1988)
    Overview: Jamila Hashmi (1929/1934 – 1988) was a Pakistani novelist and short story writer. She produced her work in Urdu. She wrote her first novel titled Attish-e-Rufta which was introduced to a TV serial. She ...
    Date of birth: 1929
    Date of death: 1988
    Age: 58 (age at death)
    Nationality: Pakistani
    Occupation: Novelist
    Gender: Female
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  • 19.
    Overview: Sufi Motahar Hossein (11 September 1907 – 20 August 1975) was a prominent Bangladeshi poet. He wrote poetry in the sonnet genre. Hossein was born in a highly respectable and educated Muslim family. His ...
    Date of birth: 1907
    Date of death: 20 August 1975
    Age: 68 (age at death)
    Nationality: Bangladeshi
    Occupation: Poet
    Gender: Male
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    Munshi Raisuddin

    Bangladeshi musician and musicologist
    Overview: Munshi Raisuddin (1901–1973) was a Bangladeshi musician and musicologist. He was awarded Ekushey Padak by the Government of Bangladesh in 1986.
    Date of birth: 1901
    Date of death: 1973
    Age: 71 (age at death)
    Nationality: Bangladeshi
    Occupation: Writer
    Gender: Male
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