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Urdu-language short story writers
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The list Urdu-language short story writers includes
Gulzar, Munshi Premchand, Mehr Lal Soni Zia Fatehabadi, Qurratulain Hyder and Ashfaq Ahmed.
The list consists of 40 members.
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Gulzar
Indian film director
Overview: Sampooran Singh Kalra (born 18 August 1934), known professionally as Gulzar, is an Indian lyricist, poet, author, screenwriter, and film director. He started his career with music director S.D. Burman ...
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Munshi Premchand
Indian writer of Hindustani language
Overview: Dhanpat Rai Shrivastava (31 July 1880 – 8 October 1936), better known by his pen name Munshi Premchand ( was an Indian writer famous for his modern Hindustani literature. He is one of the most celebrated ...Date of birth: 31 July 1880Date of death: 8 October 1936Age: 56 (age at death)Nationality: IndianOccupation: ScreenwriterGender: Male 0
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Mehr Lal Soni Zia Fatehabadi
Indian writer
Overview: Mehr Lal Soni (9 February 1913 – 19 August 1986), better known as Zia Fatehabadi, was an Indian Urdu ghazal and nazm writer. He was a disciple (shaagird) of Syed Aashiq Hussain Siddiqui Seemab Akbarabadi ...Date of birth: 9 February 1913Date of death: 19 August 1986Age: 73 (age at death)Nationality: IndianOccupation: WriterGender: Male 5
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Sadat Hasan Manto
Pakistani short story writer
Overview: Saadat Hasan Manto (Urdu: سعادت حسن منٹو, 11 May 1912 – 18 January 1955) was a colonial Indian and Pakistani writer, playwright and author born in Ludhiana, India. Writing mainly in the Urdu la ...Date of birth: 11 May 1912Date of death: 18 January 1955Age: 42 (age at death)Nationality: PakistaniOccupation: PlaywrightGender: Male 0
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Mirza Adeeb
Pakistani Urdu writer of drama and short story
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 1914Date of death: 31 July 1999Age: 85 (age at death)Nationality: PakistaniOccupation: PlaywrightGender: Male 0
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Anwar Shemza
British artist
Overview: Anwar Jalal Shemza (Urdu: انور جلال شمزا) (14 July 1928 – 18 January 1985) was an artist and writer active in Pakistan and later the United Kingdom. Despite being better known as an artist, Shemza published ...Date of birth: 14 July 1928Date of death: 18 January 1985Age: 56 (age at death)Nationality: BritishOccupation: WriterGender: Male 0
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Ali Sardar Jafri
Indian writerOverview: Ali Sardar Jafri (29 November 1913 – 1 August 2000) was an Indian writer of Urdu language. He was also a poet, critic and film lyricist.Date of birth: 29 November 1913Date of death: 1 August 2000Age: 86 (age at death)Nationality: IndianOccupation: WriterGender: Male 0
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Qurratulain Hyder
Indian Urdu writer (1928-2007)
Overview: 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 ...Date of birth: 20 January 1928Date of death: 21 August 2007Age: 79 (age at death)Nationality: PakistaniOccupation: WriterGender: Female 0
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Ashfaq Ahmed
Pakistani writer (1925-2004)
Overview: Ashfaq Ahmed (Urdu: اشفاق احمد; 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 ...Date of birth: 22 August 1925Date of death: 7 September 2004Age: 79 (age at death)Nationality: PakistaniOccupation: WriterGender: Male 0
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Shaukat Thanvi
Pakistani writerOverview: Shaukat Thanvi (2 February 1904 – 4 May1963) was a Pakistani journalist, essayist, columnist, novelist, short story writer, broadcaster, playwright, humorist and poet.Date of birth: 2 February 1904Date of death: 4 May 1963Age: 59 (age at death)Nationality: PakistaniOccupation: WriterGender: Male 1
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Krishan Chander
Indian writer
Overview: Krishan Chander (23 November 1914 – 8 March 1977) was an Indian Urdu and Hindi writer of short stories and novels. He also worked on English. He was a prolific writer, penning over 20 novels, 30 collections ...Date of birth: 23 November 1914Date of death: 8 March 1977Age: 62 (age at death)Nationality: IndianOccupation: ScreenwriterGender: Male 0
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Khwaja Ahmad Abbas
Indian Film director, screenwriter, novelist and journalist
Overview: Khwaja Ahmad Abbas (7 June 1914 – 1 June 1987), also known as K. A. Abbas, was an Indian film director, screenwriter, novelist, and a journalist in the Urdu, Hindi and English languages. He won four N ...Date of birth: 7 June 1914Date of death: 1 June 1987Age: 72 (age at death)Nationality: IndianOccupation: Film DirectorGender: Male 0
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Ismat Chughtai
Indian Urdu writer and filmmaker (1915–1991)
Overview: Ismat Chughtai (21 August 1915 – 24 October 1991) was an Indian Urdu novelist, short story writer, and filmmaker. Beginning in the 1930s, she wrote extensively on themes including female sexuality and ...Date of birth: 15 August 1915Date of death: 24 October 1991Age: 76 (age at death)Nationality: IndianOccupation: ScreenwriterGender: Male 0
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Qasim Mahmood
Pakistani writer
Overview: Syed Qasim Mahmood (Urdu: سید قاسم محمود; 17 November 1928 – 31 March 2010) was a Pakistani intellectual and Urdu short story writer, novelist, editor, publisher, translator and foremost encyclopedist ...Date of birth: 17 November 1928Date of death: 31 March 2010Age: 81 (age at death)Nationality: PakistaniOccupation: Journalist 0
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Ghulam-us-Saqlain Naqvi
WriterOverview: Ghulam-Us-Saqlain Naqvi (Urdu: غلام الثقلین نقوی), (born in Kashmir (Chowki Handan), 12 March 1922) was a Pakistani Urdu writer, best known for his short stories. His work often portrayed rural ...Nationality: PakistaniOccupation: NovelistGender: Male 0
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Hussain Ul Haque
Indian criticOverview: Hussain Ul Haque (born 1949) is an Urdu critic, writer and theorist with a sufi approach in his thought and writings. 0
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Majnun Gorakhpuri
Urdu writerOverview: Ahmad Siddiq, better known by his pen name Majnun Gorakhpuri (Urdu:احمد صدیق مجنوں گورکھپوری), (10 May 1904 – 4 June 1988) was an Urdu short story (Afsana) writer, poet and literary critic.Date of birth: 1904Date of death: 1988Age: 83 (age at death)Nationality: PakistaniOccupation: WriterGender: Male 0
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Mumtaz Mufti
Pakistani writer
Overview: Mumtaz Mufti (Urdu: ممتاز مفتی; September 11, 1905 – October 27, 1995), was a writer from Pakistan.Date of birth: 11 September 1905Date of death: 27 October 1995Age: 90 (age at death)Nationality: PakistaniOccupation: WriterGender: Male 0
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Rajinder Singh Bedi
Indian film director
Overview: 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 ...Date of birth: 1 September 1915Date of death: 1984Age: 68 (age at death)Nationality: IndianOccupation: Film DirectorGender: Male 0
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Muhammad Asim Butt
Pakistani Urdu novelist
Overview: Muhammad Asim Butt (Urdu: محمد عاصم بٹ) is an Urdu novelist, short story writer, translator, researcher, editor, critic and journalist. He has published three novels and two collections of short stories ...Nationality: PakistaniOccupation: NovelistGender: Male 0
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