Novelist, short story writer, poet and dramatist Paigham Afaqui, wrote the Urdu novel Makaan and belongs to district Siwan though he lives in Delhi.
The short story tradition continues with younger generation writers like Zahida Hina, Paigham Afaqui, Syed Mohd Ashraf, Salam Bin Razzaq and Moinuddin Jinabade.