Sadat Hasan Manto
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 language, he produced 22 collections of short stories, a novel, five series of radio plays, three collections of essays and two collections of personal sketches. His best short stories are held in high esteem by writers and critics. Manto was known to write about the hard truths of society that no one dared to talk about. He is best known for his stories about the partition of India, which he opposed, immediately following independence in 1947.
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| Date of birth | 11 May 1912
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| Place of birth | Samrala, British Punjab
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| Date of death | 18 January 1955
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| Place of death | Lahore, Punjab, West Pakistan
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Sadat Hasan Manto is known for his role in the film Ek Gunah Aur Sahi (1975) as (screenplay based on short stories by).
He is also known for his role in the film Rajkahini (2015) as acknowledgment.
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