SYED MUHAMMAD ASHRAF is an Urdu short story writer. He is the author of two collections of short stories and a novella. Some of his stories have been translated into English and have received various …
Haruki Murakami (村上春樹) is a Japanese writer. His novels, essays, and short stories have been best-sellers in Japan and internationally, with his work translated into 50 languages and having sold milli…
Arundhati Roy is an Indian writer who is also an activist who focuses on issues related to social justice and economic inequality. She won the Booker Prize in 1997 for her novel, The God of Small Thin…
Khushwant Singh, (Punjabi: ਖ਼ੁਸ਼ਵੰਤ ਸਿੰਘ, Hindi: खुशवंत सिंह) born on 2 February 1915 in Hadali, Undivided India, (now a part of Pakistan), was a prominent Indian novelist and journalist. Singh's week…
Altaf Fatima (born 1927 in Lucknow, British India) was an Urdu novelist, short-story writer, and teacher (specializing in Muhammad Iqbal). Her novel Dastak Na Do ("Do not knock") is regarded as one of…
Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri (صفی الرحمن مبارکپوری; 6 June 1942 – 1 December 2006) was an Indian writer. Mubarakpuri was born in Husainabad, a village one mile deep to the north side of Mubarakpur, Azamg…
Ali Akbar Natiq began working as a mason, specializing in domes and minarets, to contribute to the family income while he read widely in Urdu and Arabic. Acclaimed as one of the brightest stars in Pak…
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 he…
اصل نام رفاقت علی اور قلمی نام رفاقت حیات ہے۔ 15 اپریل، 1973 کو سندھ کے ضلع نوشہرو فیروز کے قصبے محراب پور میں پیدا ہوئے۔ ابتدائی تعلیم محراب پور ، نواب شاہ اور ٹھٹھہ میں حاصل کی۔ بعد ازاں کراچی یونیو…
انیس اشفاق کا تعلق تہذیبی شہر لکھنؤ سے ہے۔ انھوں نے اپنی تعلیم اوّل تا آخر اسی شہر سے حاصل کی اور 1983ء میں وہ یہیں کی دانش گاہ لکھنؤ یونیورسٹی کے شعبۂ اُردو میں لیکچرر کے مستقل عہدے پر فائز ہوئے۔…
