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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).
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 awarded 1955 Last awarded 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 ...
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 ...
Pages in category "Urdu-language literature" The following 42 pages are in this category, out of 42 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Ashob is regarded by scholars as an important historical genre in Persian, Urdu and Turkish literature used by the writers to express their anguish and sorrows over political and social shifts. [4] [5] The Ashobs generally describe emotional and thoughts of a writer in a narrative poetic format based on several features. [6]
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 Ghalib : Shakhsiyat Aur Ahd Ghalib : The Man, The Times English Biography Pavan Varma: 2002 Rattan Singh
Lihaaf: The Quilt is a 2019 Indian Hindi-language period drama film based on the story; directed by Rahat Kazmi, starring Anushka Sen, Tannishtha Chatterjee, Mir Sarwar, Sonal Sehgal, Shoib Nikash Shah, Namita Lal and Virendra Saxena. [8] The film Dedh Ishqiya is loosely based on the story and references it in dialogue. [9]
This is a list of dāstāns and qissas (prose fiction) written in Urdu during the 18th and 19th centuries. The skeleton of the list is a reproduction of the list provided by Gyan Chand Jain in his study entitled Urdū kī nasrī dāstānen .