Qurratulain Hyder

Indian Urdu writer (1928-2007)

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 literature, she is best known for her magnum opus, Aag Ka Darya (River of Fire), a novel first published in Urdu in 1959, from Lahore, Pakistan, that stretches from the 4th century BC to post partition of India.

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Qurratulain Hyder was born on Friday, 20 January 1928 in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India. She was best known as a writer. Hyder's country of citizenship (nationality) was Pakistani. She died on Tuesday, 21 August 2007 in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India at the age of 79. Her zodiac star sign was Capricorn.

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Date of birth	20 January 1928	edit
Place of birth	Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India	edit
Date of death	21 August 2007	edit
Age	79 (age at death)
Place of death	Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India	edit
Occupation	Writer	edit
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Nationality	Pakistani	edit

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