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Daniyal Mueenuddin (Urdu: دانیال معین الدین; born 1963) is a Pakistani - American author who writes in English. His short story collection In Other Rooms, Other Wonders, has been translated into sixteen languages, [1][2][3][4] and won The Story Prize, the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and other honors and critical acclaim.
Pakistani English literature. Pakistani English literature refers to English literature that has been developed and evolved in Pakistan, as well as by members of the Pakistani diaspora who write in the English language. English is one of the official languages of Pakistan (the other being Urdu) and has a history going back to the British ...
Saadat Hasan Manto (/ m ɑː n,-t ɒ /; Punjabi, Urdu: سعادت حسن منٹو, Punjabi pronunciation: [s'aːdət (ɦ)əsən mənʈoː], Urdu pronunciation: [səˈaːd̪ət̪ ˈɦəsən ˈməɳʈoː]; 11 May 1912 – 18 January 1955) was a Pakistani writer, playwright and author who was active in British India and later, after the 1947 partition of India, in Pakistan.
It does what the best stories do: it gives us imaginative access to a human moment, and a time that might otherwise pass us by". [31] The following year, her story "Plum Island" won first prize in Zoetrope: All Story Short Fiction Competition 2019, judged by Tommy Orange. Khan is the first repeat prize winner in the magazine's history. [32]
Alamgir Hashmi. Alamgir Hashmi (Urdu: عالمگیر ہاشمی), also known as Aurangzeb Alamgir Hashmi (born 15 November 1951), is an English language poet and writer of Pakistani origin. [1] Considered avant-garde, his early and later works were published to considerable critical acclaim. He is widely published in the United Kingdom ...
Shah is the author of four novels and two collections of short stories. She has been published in English, Italian, French, Spanish, Danish, Chinese, German, Turkish and Vietnamese. Her novel Slum Child was published in 2008, while a historical fiction novel about Sindh, A Season For Martyrs was published in 2014 by Delphinium Books. [4]
Writing portal This category is for articles about short story writers from the Asian country of Pakistan . Classification : People : By occupation : Fiction writers : Short story writers : By nationality : Pakistani
Muneeza Shamsie was born in Lahore, British India (now Pakistan). [5] Her family migrated to Karachi, Pakistan at partition in 1947. Her Oxford-educated father, Isha'at Habibullah (1911–1991), a company executive in a British firm, played a leading role in developing the corporate sector in the newly created Pakistan and became the first Pakistani to head a multi-national company in the country.