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'''Altaf Fatima''' ({{lang-ur|الطاف فاطمہ}}; 1927 – 29 November 2018) was a [[Pakistani]] [[Urdu]] novelist, short story writer, and teacher (specializing in [[Muhammad Iqbal]]). Born in [[Lucknow]], she moved to [[Lahore]] during the [[Partition of India|Partition]], earning [[Master of Arts|MA]] and [[BEd]] from the [[University of Punjab]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wordswithoutborders.org/contributor/altaf-fatima|title=Contributor Altaf Fatima|website=Words Without Borders}}</ref> Her novel ''Dastak Na Do'' ("Do not Knock") is regarded as one of the defining works in the [[Urdu]] language. An adaptation was presented on Pakistan television and an abridged translation was serialised by the Karachi monthly, ''Herald''. In 2018, Fatima received the KLF Urdu Literature award at the 9th [[Karachi Literature Festival]] for her book, Deed Wadeed.<ref>{{cite news |title=Live Updates from Karachi Literature Festival |url=https://www.samaa.tv/news/2018/02/live-updates-karachi-literature-festival/ |work=Samaa TV |date=February 9, 2018}}</ref> She died on 29 November 2018 without being clinically ill.<ref name="auto"/>
'''Altaf Fatima''' ({{lang-ur|الطاف فاطمہ}}; 10 June 1927 – 29 November 2018) was a [[Pakistani]] [[Urdu]] novelist, short story writer, and teacher (specializing in [[Muhammad Iqbal]]). Born in [[Lucknow]], she moved to [[Lahore]] during the [[Partition of India|Partition]], earning [[Master of Arts|MA]] and [[BEd]] from the [[University of Punjab]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wordswithoutborders.org/contributor/altaf-fatima|title=Contributor Altaf Fatima|website=Words Without Borders}}</ref> Her novel ''Dastak Na Do'' ("Do not Knock") is regarded as one of the defining works in the [[Urdu]] language. An adaptation was presented on Pakistan television and an abridged translation was serialised by the Karachi monthly, ''Herald''. In 2018, Fatima received the KLF Urdu Literature award at the 9th [[Karachi Literature Festival]] for her book, Deed Wadeed.<ref>{{cite news |title=Live Updates from Karachi Literature Festival |url=https://www.samaa.tv/news/2018/02/live-updates-karachi-literature-festival/ |work=Samaa TV |date=February 9, 2018}}</ref> She died on 29 November 2018 without being clinically ill.<ref name="auto"/>


==Works==
==Works==

Revision as of 06:55, 27 February 2019

Altaf Fatima
Native name
الطاف فاطمہ
Born10 June 1927[1]
Lucknow, British India
Died29 November 2018 (aged 91)
Lahore, Pakistan
OccupationAcademic, novelist
NationalityPakistani

Altaf Fatima (Template:Lang-ur; 10 June 1927 – 29 November 2018) was a Pakistani Urdu novelist, short story writer, and teacher (specializing in Muhammad Iqbal). Born in Lucknow, she moved to Lahore during the Partition, earning MA and BEd from the University of Punjab.[2] Her novel Dastak Na Do ("Do not Knock") is regarded as one of the defining works in the Urdu language. An adaptation was presented on Pakistan television and an abridged translation was serialised by the Karachi monthly, Herald. In 2018, Fatima received the KLF Urdu Literature award at the 9th Karachi Literature Festival for her book, Deed Wadeed.[3] She died on 29 November 2018 without being clinically ill.[1]

Works

Novels

  • Nishaan-i-Mehfil
  • Dastak Naa Do (The One Who Did Not Ask (Novel) English translation published by Heinemann in 1994)
  • Chalta Musafir
  • Khwabgar

Collection of Short Stories

  • Woh Jissay chaha gaya
  • Jab Deewarein Girya Karti Hain
  • Taar-i-Ankaboot
  • Deed Wadeed
  • Gawahi Akhir e Shab Ki

Translations

  • Naghmay ka Qatal (Urdu Translation of Harper Lee's novel To Kill a Mockingbird)[4]
  • Mere Bachay Meri Daulat
  • Barrey Aadmi, Aur Unke Nazariyat. A collection of political essays
  • Moti. The Pearl by John Steinbeck
  • Sach Kahaniyan. Urdu translation of Gujrati, Marathi, Tamil and Hindi Short Stories
  • Zaitoon ke Jhund. Urdu translation of short stories from Middle East
  • Japani Afsana Nigar Khawateen. Urdu translation of collection of Japanese short stories
  • Urdu translation of collection of South American short stories

References

  1. ^ a b Reporter, The Newspaper's Staff (30 November 2018). "Writer Altaf Fatima passes away".
  2. ^ "Contributor Altaf Fatima". Words Without Borders.
  3. ^ "Live Updates from Karachi Literature Festival". Samaa TV. 9 February 2018.
  4. ^ "To Kill a Mockingbird". www.goodreads.com.

See also

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