- Shaukat Siddiqui
Shaukat Siddiqui (
March 20 ,1923 -December 18 2006 ) was an eminentUrdu novelist and fiction writer ofPakistan . He is known for his world renowned novel "Khuda ki Basti" (God's Own Land) and "Jangloos".Life
Shaukat Siddiqui was born on
March 20 ,1923 in a literary family ofLucknow ,India . He got his early education from his home town and earned a B.A. in 1944 and M.A. (Political Science) in 1944. Afterpartition of India , he migrated toPakistan in 1950 and stayed inLahore but soon permanently settled inKarachi . His early days in Pakistan were full of financial trouble and political opposition, which he soon overcame. He accompaniedZulfikar Ali Bhutto in a lot of his foreign tours.He was an active member of Pakistan Writers' Guild and a partisan of "progressive writers association". Shaukat Siddiqi worked at the news-desks of the Times of Karachi, Pakistan Standard and the Morning News. He finally rose to be the editor of the Daily Anajam, the Weekly Al-Fatah and the Daily Musawat Karachi, before bidding goodbye to journalism in 1984.
He died on
December 18 ,2006 in Karachi at the age of 83, he left behind 2 sons and 3 daughters.Literary work
Shaukat Siddiqui's first piece of writing was a short story, "Kon kisi ka", published in "Weekly Khayyam" Lahore. In 1952, his first collection of short stories, “Teesra Admi” (1952), was brought out and proved to be a great success. Subsequently, other collections of short stories "Andhere Dur Andhere" (1955), "Raton Ka Shahar" (1956) and "Keemya Gar" (1984), followed.
His magnum opus is "Khuda Ki Basti" (God's Own Land) and has gone through 46 editions and enjoys the distinction of having been translated into 26 international languages. It has been dramatised time and again. Its English translation by Prof David Mathews of London University was equally a success.
Other novels of Shaukat Siddiqui are "Kamin Gah" (1956), "Janglos" (1988) and "Char Deewari" (1990) based on his own childhood memories in a fictitious manner.
Awards
* "Adamjee Award" (1960)
ee also
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Jangloos External links
* [http://www.dawn.com/2006/12/19/top3.htm Shaukat Siddiqui passes away - the daily Dawn"]
* [http://eprints.hec.gov.pk/238/ Pakistan Research Repository - A Critical and Research Review of Shaukat Siddiqui Ideology and Art]
* [http://www.nation.com.pk/daily/dec-2006/19/index11.php The Nation Obituary]
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