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  2. Urdu literature - Wikipedia

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    Urdu literature (Urdu: ادبیاتِ اُردُو, “Adbiyāt-i Urdū”) comprises the literary works, written 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 the short story, or afsana (افسانہ).

  3. Saadat Hasan Manto - Wikipedia

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    Saadat Hassan Manto was born in Paproudi village of Samrala, in the Ludhiana district of the Punjab, India in a Muslim family of barristers on 11 May 1912. [12] He belonged to a Kashmiri trading family that had settled in Amritsar in the early nineteenth century and taken up the legal profession. His father, Khwaja Ghulam Hasan, was a session ...

  4. Pir-e-Kamil - Wikipedia

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    Aab-e-Hayat. Pir-e-Kamil or Peer-e-Kamil ( Urdu: پیر کامل صلی اللہ علیہ و آلہ و سلم; meaning "The Perfect Mentor") is a novel written by Pakistani writer Umera Ahmad. [1] It was first published in Urdu in 2004 and later in English in 2011. The book deals with the turning points in intervening lives of two people: a ...

  5. Shaikh Ayaz - Wikipedia

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    The author of more than 50 books on poetry, biographies, plays and short stories in both Sindhi and Urdu languages. His translations of Shah Jo Risalo, which was written by the 18th-century Sufi poet Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai, from Sindhi to Urdu language established him as an authority in his domain.

  6. The Tale of the Four Dervishes - Wikipedia

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    The Tale of the Four Dervishes ( Persian: قصۀ چهار درویش Qissa-ye Chahār Darvēsh, lit. 'The Story of Four Dervishes' ), known as Bāgh-o Bahār ( باغ و بہار, lit. 'Garden and Spring') in Urdu, is a collection of allegorical stories by Amir Khusro written in Persian in the early 13th century. While legend says that Amir ...

  7. Mirza Adeeb - Wikipedia

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    Mirza Adeeb :مرزا ادیب, PP, BA (Hon), ( Urdu: مرزا ادیب — Mirzā Adīb; 4 April 1914 – 31 July 1999 [2] [1] [3] [4] ), also known as Meerza Adeeb, ( میرزا ادیب — Mīrzā Adīb ), [4] was a Pakistani dramatist, playwright and short story writer who wrote in Urdu and Punjabi language. [5] His plays and short stories ...

  8. Intizar Hussain - Wikipedia

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    Sahitya Akademi Fellowship (National Academy of Letters) of India awarded in 2007. Anjuman Farogh-i-Adab Doha's award [1] Intizar Hussain or Intezar 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 ...

  9. Amjad Islam Amjad - Wikipedia

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    A new Look on Classic Urdu Poetry 1991 Apney Log: Long Plays 1991 In The Last Days Of Autumn: English Translation of Selected Poetry 1991 Khizaan Ke Akhri Din: Collected Works (Poetry) 1991 Yeh Afsaney: Selection And Criticism of Short Stories 1992 Kehkashan: Anthology of Urdu Poetesses 1992 Us Paar: Poetry 1992 Resham Resham: Travelogue 1992 ...