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Qurratulain Hyder

Born

in Aligarh, India

January 20, 1927

Died

August 21, 2007

Genre

Fiction, Historical Fiction, Memoir

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Qurratulain Hyder was an influential Indian Urdu novelist and short story writer, an academic, and a journalist. One of the most outstanding literary names in Urdu literature, she is best known for her magnum opus, Aag Ka Darya (River of Fire), a novel first published in Urdu in 1959 from Lahore, Pakistan, that stretches from the 4th century BC to post partition of India. Popularly known as "Ainee Apa" among her friends and admirers, she was the daughter of writer and a pioneer of Urdu short story writing Sajjad Haidar Yildarim (1880–1943). Her mother, Nazar Zahra, who wrote at first as Bint-i-Nazrul Baqar and later as Nazar Sajjad Hyder (1894–1967), was also a novelist and protegee of Muhammadi Begam and her husband Syed Mumtaz Ali, who pu ...more

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Average rating: 3.95 · 2,076 ratings · 253 reviews · 81 distinct works • Similar authors

	River of Fire 4.04 avg rating — 1,036 ratings — published 1959 — 33 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fireflies in the Mist 4.03 avg rating — 348 ratings — published 1979 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mere Bhi Sanam Khanay / میرے بھی صنم خانے 3.65 avg rating — 138 ratings — published 1949 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chandni Begum / چاندنی بیگم 3.51 avg rating — 81 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Seeta Haran / سیتا ہرن 3.81 avg rating — 63 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pat Jhar Ki Awaz / پت جھڑ کی آواز 3.62 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 1994 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dilruba - Aglay Janam Mohay Bitya Na Kejiyo / دلربا - اگلے جنم موہے بٹیا نہ کیجیو 3.86 avg rating — 44 ratings — published 2008 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gardish e Rang e Chaman / گردش رنگ چمن 3.91 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 1984 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Street Singers of Lucknow and Other stories 3.52 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 1996 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Season of Betrayals by Qurratulain Hyder, C.M. Naim (Editor/Introduction) 3.47 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 1999 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Come the rains and the beerbahutis appeared all over the green. From where do they emerge, so perfect in shape and colour, and where do they go?”
― Qurratulain Hyder, River of Fire

tags: insects, nature

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“The Mississippi and its paddle boats, and the rivers of Bengal and their gleaming steamers evoked a similar atmosphere of romance, of long, song-filled voyages, high winds and lonely sunsets.”
― Qurratulain Hyder, Fireflies in the Mist

tags: india, nature, poetry

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“காலத்தின் அனுபவங்களையெல்லாம் நம்மீது ஏற்றிக்கொண்டிருந்தோமானால், நாம் அழிந்து விடுவோம்.”
― குர்அதுல்ஐன் ஹைதர், அக்னி நதி [Agni Nathi]

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