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(Urdu stories from India and Pakistan translated into English. The same collection of stories in the original Urdu was published as Bazdeed by Katha, New Delhi, 1998 Breakthrough Selected and Edited by Sukrita Paul Kumar. Indian Institute of Advanced Studies, Shimla, 1993; Modern Hindi and Urdu short stories (Translated into English)
Ahmad Faraz is included in the long list of revolutionary poets of Urdu language and is "acclaimed as one of the most influential modern Urdu poets of the last century." [ 2 ] [ 9 ] [ 5 ] "This felicity with words is evident in much of Faraz's work, as is an economy of expression, along with an ability to wrap layers of meaning into brief lines ...
Zehal-e-Miskin is the first ghazal in Urdu literature, written by Amir Khusrau, through combining the Old Hindi language Braj Bhasha (Hindavi) and Persian. This Persianised combination was later known as Rekhta (the ancestor of Modern Standard Urdu). [12] [13] The poem effectively conveys the agony experienced due to the distance from the ...
Faiz Ahmad Faiz [a] MBE NI (13 February 1911 – 20 November 1984) [2] was a Pakistani poet and author of Punjabi and Urdu literature. Faiz was one of the most celebrated, popular, and influential Urdu writers of his time, and his works and ideas remain widely influential in Pakistan and beyond. [3]
Sahitya Akademi Award for Urdu Award for contributions to Urdu literature Awarded for Literary award in India Sponsored by Sahitya Akademi, Government of India Reward(s) ₹ 1 lakh (US$1,200) First award 1955 Final award 2023 Highlights Total awarded 63 First winner Zafar Hussain Khan Most Recent winner Sadiqua Nawab Saher Website Official website Part of a series on Sahitya Akademi Awards ...
Some of his works have also been translated into English. He was a prolific writer, penning over 20 novels, 30 collections of short stories and scores of radio plays in Urdu, and later, after partition in 1947, took to writing in Hindi as well. He also wrote screen-plays for Bollywood movies to supplement his meagre income as an author of ...
Although Urdu has been used as the lingua franca across North India since the 18th Century, Harishchandra espoused the cause of reviving Hindi as part of his cultural and nationalist activities. He started a campaign to promote the use of Swadeshi articles with demands for replacement of Urdu by Hindi in courts and for a ban on cattle slaughter ...
Hindi Novel Amritlal Nagar: 1998 Salam Bin Razzaq: Asri Hindi Kahaniyan Samesamayik Hindi Kahaniyan Hindi Short stories Various authors 1999 Haider Jafri Syed Zindaginama-Zinda Rukh Zindagi Nama-Zinda Rukh: Hindi Novel Krishna Sobti: 2000 Anees Ashfaq Kavve Aur Kala Pani Kavve Aur Kala Pani Hindi Short stories Nirmal Verma: 2001 M. Osama Faruqi