Firaq Gorakhpuri
1896–1982Urdu author (1896-1982)
writer (1927–2007)
Qurratulain Hyder
1927–2007, born Aligarh, writes in Urdu, writer, translator
Qurratulain Hyder was an Indian Urdu novelist and short story writer, academic, and journalist. One of the most outstanding and influential literary names in Urdu literature, she is best known for her magnum opus, Aag Ka Darya, a novel first published in Urdu in 1959, from Lahore, Pakistan, that stretches from the fourth century BC to post partition of India.
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Books on record
On Open Library
River of Fire2003
Ship of Sorrows2019
Fireflies in the Mist1994
My temples, too2004
Street Singers of Lucknow and Other stories1996Editions Open Library lists under this name; a namesake may slip in.
Awards
| 1989 | Jnanpith Award |
| 1967 | Sahitya Akademi Award for Patjhar Ki Awaz |
Elsewhere
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Also writing in Urdu
Ghulam Nabi Gowhar
1934–2018Kashmiri writer (1934-2018)
Gulzar
b. 1933poet, lyricist and author (1933- Present)
Naiyer Masud
1936–2017writer
Shamsur Rahman Faruqi
1935–2020Urdu language poet, author, critic and theorist.
Singireddy NarayanaReddy
1931–2017Jnanpith awardee and renowned Telugu poet