| Name(s) |
QURRATULAIN HYDER |
| Date of
Birth |
January 20, 1928 |
| Date of
Death |
August 21, 2007 |
|
Identity |
Indian Urdu novelist and short
story writer, an academic, and a
journalist. |
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Other Events &
Developments |
- She was one of the most
outstanding literary names in Urdu
literature.
- She is most known for her magnum
opus, Aag Ka Darya
(River of Fire), a novel 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 pioneers 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 published her first novel.
- After Partition, Qurratulain had
migrated to Pakistan and lived here.
But after a few years she decided to
return to India; eventually, she
took up Indian citizenship. Some say
that she was feeling thoroughly
suffocated in Pakistani environment.
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Awards and Accolades |
- She received the 1967
Sahitya Akademi Award in
Urdu for Patjhar Ki Awaz (Short
stories), 1989 Jnanpith
Award for Akhire Shab Ke
Humsafar, and the highest award of
the Sahitya Akademi, India's
National Academy of Letters, the
Sahitya Akademi Fellowship
in 1994.
- She also received the
Padma Bhushan from the
Government of India in 2005.
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