Manzoor Ahtesham Explained

Manzoor Ahtesham
Birth Date:3 April 1948
Birth Place:Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India
Death Place:Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India
Occupation:Writer
Awards:Padma Shri
Bharatiya Bhasha Parishad Puruskar
Shrikant Verma Smriti Samman
Virsingh Deo Award
Vageshwari Award
Shikhar Samman
Pahal Samman

Manzoor Ahtesham (3 April 1948 – 26 April 2021) was an Indian writer of Hindi literature known for his depiction of the lives of the Indian Muslim community in independent India.[1] [2]

Life

Manzoor Ahtesham was born on 3 April 1948 in Bhopal.[3] [4] He studied at Aligarh Muslim University and a predecessor of Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology.[4]

He died on 26 April 2021 at a private hospital here after being admitted a week back for COVID-19 in Bhopal.[4] [5]

Literary career

Ahtesham was the author of five novels and several short story anthologies and plays. His major works are:

Sukha Bargad has been translated into English under the name, A Dying Banyan, by Kuldip Singh[13] while Dastan E Lapata has been translated by Jason Grunebaum and Ulrike Stark under the title The Tale of the Missing Man. In 2007, New York magazine cited the book as one of the best novels not yet available in English.[14] Grunebaum and Stark's translation was issued by Northwestern University Press in 2018.[15]

Awards

Ahtesham was a recipient of several awards such as Bharatiya Bhasha Parishad Puruskar, Shrikant Verma Smriti Samman, Virsingh Deo Award, Vageshwari Award, Shikhar Samman, Pahal Samman and Maithilee Sharan Gupt Award 2017–2018. He received the Padma Shri, the fourth-highest Indian civilian award, in 2003.[16]

Further reading

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pratilipi . Pratilipi . 2015 . 12 February 2015.
  2. Web site: National Endowment . National Endowment for the Arts . 2015 . 12 February 2015 . 6 November 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141106052348/http://arts.gov/writers-corner/bio/jason-grunebaum . dead .
  3. Web site: 2021-04-26. Manzoor Ahtesham: मशहूर लेखक और उपन्यासकार मंजूर एहतेशाम का निधन. 2021-05-09. Nai Dunia. hi.
  4. News: Seelye. Katharine Q.. 2021-05-08. Manzoor Ahtesham, Writer Who Brought Bhopal to Life, Dies at 73. en-US. The New York Times. 2021-05-09. 0362-4331.
  5. News: Padma Shri-awardee Manzoor Ahtesham succumbs to Covid complications at 73 . The Economic Times.
  6. Book: Kuch Din Aur . Hindi Book Centre . Manzoor Ehtesham . 1999.
  7. Book: Sukha Bargad . Hindi Book Centre . Manzoor Ehtesham . 2009 . 225 . 9788126717620.
  8. Book: Dastan-E-Lapata . Hindi Book Centre . Manzoor Ehtesham . 1995 . 245 . 9788171789290.
  9. Book: Basharat Manzil . Hindi Book Centre . Manzoor Ehtesham . 2004 . 251 . 9788126708840.
  10. Book: Pahar Dhalte . Hindi Book Centre . Manzoor Ehtesham . 2007 . 115 . 9788126713226.
  11. Book: Tasbeeh . Hindi Book Centre . Manzoor Ehtesham . 1998.
  12. Book: Tamasha Tatha Anya Kahaniyan . Hindi Book Centre . Manzoor Ehtesham . 2001 . 147 . 9788126701230.
  13. Book: Manzoor Ahtesham: A Dying Banyan . Rupa and Co. . Kuldip Singh . 2005 . 208 . 9798129107205 .
  14. Web site: Milzoff. Rebecca. Lost in Un-Translation. New York magazine. 7 June 2007 . New York Media LLC. 12 November 2017.
  15. Web site: The Tale of the Missing Man A Novel. Northwestern University Press. Northwestern University. 12 November 2017. 13 November 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171113060103/http://www.nupress.northwestern.edu/content/tale-missing-man. dead.
  16. Web site: Padma Awards . Padma Awards . 2015 . 6 February 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf . 15 October 2015 .

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Manzoor Ahtesham".

Except where otherwise indicated, Everything.Explained.Today is © Copyright 2009-2025, A B Cryer, All Rights Reserved. Cookie policy.