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Qamar Jahan

Professor Qamar Jahan (1947–2025) was one of contemporary Urdu literature’s most distinguished fiction writers and critics. Over a career spanning nearly six decades, she made profound contributions to both creative writing and literary scholarship,...

Qurratulain Hyder

Qurratulain Hyder (1927-2007) was a monumental figure in 20th-century Urdu literature, celebrated as a novelist, scholar, and translator who fundamentally reshaped the landscape of modern fiction in South Asia. Born in Aligarh, India, in 1927 to a family of...