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Angarey or Angaaray (translated alternatively as "Embers" or "Burning Coals") is a collection of nine short stories and a one act play in Urdu by Sajjad Zaheer, Rashid Jahan, Mahmud-uz-Zafar and Ahmed Ali first published in 1932 and generally considered to have marked the beginning of the Progressive Writers' Movement in Indian literature.
This was the Manto’s second collection of original short stories. His first publication was titled Atish Paray. [2] Included in this second collection are new stories and also some reprints of stories such as Tamasha (Spectacle), Taqat ka imtahan (Trial of power) and Inqilabi (Revolutionary). The reprints are necessary as these stories were ...
List of Urdu Short Story Writers Author Life Location Notable Short Stories Syed Sajjad Haider Yaldram: 1880-1943 Lucknow: Izdawaj-e-Mohabbat: Saadat Hasan Manto: 1912-1955 Lahore: Thanda Gosht, Toba Tek Singh: Premchand: 1880-1936 Benares: Shatranj ki Bazi, Idgah, Kafan: Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi: 1916-2006 Lahore Kapaas Ka Phool, Alhamdulillah ...
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).
This was Manto’s third collection of original short stories after Atish Paray and Manto Ke Afsanay. [2] It was written during the time Manto spent with All India Radio. [3] The collection also included reprints of Manto’s earlier stories published in Atish Paray, such as Chori, Ji Aaya Sahab (Qasim) and Dewana Shair. [4]
Altaf Fatima (Urdu: الطاف فاطمہ; 10 June 1927 – 29 November 2018) was a Pakistani Urdu novelist, short story writer, and teacher (specializing in Muhammad Iqbal). Altaf Fatima was born in Lucknow, she moved to Lahore during the Partition, and earned her MA and BEd from the University of Punjab.
Ismat Chughtai is an Indian Urdu-language writer. Best known for such short-stories as Lihaaf (1942) and Chu Mui (1952), she also wrote other works including novels and non-fictional essays. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Chughtai's unfinished autobiography Kaghazi Hai Pairahan was published posthumously.
A. Hameed's first collection of short stories 'Manzil Manzil' received popular acclaim and he became recognized as a realist Urdu fiction writer and member of the Progressive Writers' Movement. [6] Apart from writing short stories and novels, he wrote a Sunday column Amritsar kee Yaadein and later on Lahore kee Yaadein for the daily Nawai Waqt.