- Ismail Ahmedani
Ismail Ahmedani( اسماعیل احمدانی)(1930-2007) was a famous
siraiki writer. He is a celebrated novelist and fiction writer.Ahmedani has done much to promote the Siraiki language. He was born 1 January 1930 in a small village "Khoi" districtRajapur Pakistan . His father Muhammad Moosa Khan was a famous writer and teacher. He earned a BA in art fromDera_Ghazi_Khan after which IsmailAhmedani started his life as a teacher from Bahawal pur and then Khan pur district Rahim Yar Khan. After getting his LL.B fromSindh University in Hyder AbadPakistan he started his legal practice in SangharSindh . Firstly he began to write inUrdu . Sometimes he wrote in his mother tongueSiraiki . He wrote some poems in Siraiki but later he decided to write prose. He wrote several symbolic fictions. He wrote two novels named CHHOLIAN (waves) and AMAR KHANI (living stroy) He was awardedKhwaja_Ghulam_Farid award by the government of Pakistan on CHHOLIAN. He wrote a travelogue named PEET DE PANDH [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/18673065?tab=details#tabs] (travel of love) and won an award for this writing. He wrote several articles on legendary Siraiki poet Khawaja Farid and also several articles about Siraiki language and linguistics. He was a critic of Siraiki literature and wrote several articles on this topic. He wrote his autobiography named YADDEN DE KAK Muhal (places of memories). He had two sons and six daughters. His elder son's name is Sarmad Moosa Laghari and younger son's name is Asad Moosa Laghari. Sarmad Moosa Laghari is the director of ptcl association in Sindh. Ahmedani spent 35 years in Sanghar, Sindh [Pakistan] . After that he went back to his own village,Rasoolpur where he spent seven years. Due to his poor health, he went back to SindhKarachi . There he spent three years.Ismail Ahmedani died at Karachi on 6 June 2007 and was buried in his village
Rasoolpur . The cause of his death was a heart attack.=Works=Published books=
*"Peet Dey Pandh"( پیت دے پندہ)A travelogue fromSanghar to Fort Manro(Awarded) [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/18673065?tab=details#tabs]
*"Chuoliyan"(چولیاں )A novel about Existentialism .(Awarded)
*"Amar Kahaani"( امر کہانی)A novel about Siraiki movement=Unpublished Books=
*"Yadeen de kaak Mahal"( یادین دی کاک محل)Autobiography
*"Hakra wal wahse(حاکرا ول واسی ) Drama
*"Moona leza dii Murk"( مونالیزا دی مرک)A collection of eleven fictions
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