List of Urdu writers
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a list of Urdu language writers arranged in order of their birth.
- Mirza Ghalib (1796-1869)
- Sir Syed Ahmed Khan (1817-1898): founder of Aligarh Muslim University
- Muhammad Husain Azad (1830-1910): founder of criticism in Urdu and author of Ab-e Hayat
- Mira Farhatullah Baig (1830-1947)
- Zakaullah (1832-1910)
- Deputy Nazir Ahmad (1836-1912): one of the earliest novelists in Urdu
- Mohsin-ul-Mulk (1837-1907)
- Altaf Hussain Hali (1837-1914)
- Chiragh Ali (1846-1895)
- Shibli Nomani (1857-1914): famous for his books of Seerah of Muhammad
- Abdul Halim Sharar (1860-1926): Author of Firdaus-e Bareen, translated as Paradise of the Assassins (Karachi:OUP) 2005
- Amrita Pritam (1919-2005) Considered the first prominent female Punjabi writer and poet, migrated to India after the partition.
- Aga Hashar Kashmiri (1879-1935)
- Premchand (1885-1936)
- Khuwaja Hasan Nizami (1875-1955)
- Saadat Hasan Manto (1912-1955)
- Rashid Akhtar Nadvi (1915-1992)
- Ibn-e-Insha (1927-1978)
- Syed Qasim Mahmood (born 1928)
- Khwaja Shamsuddin Azeemi
- Shamsur Rahman Faruqi (1935), Founder - Editor of Shabkhoon [1]
- Awaz Sayeed (193?-1995) renowned Urdu short-story writer from Hyderabad, India[2]
- Syed Khalid Yazdani (born 1954) [3]
This literature-related list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Urdu Site - Lot of Stuff about urdu list of Wrdu Writers
