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3 unusual facts about Qurratulain Hyder


Panchakshari Hiremath

2005, Dr.Hiremath won the Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award for translating Qurratulain Hyder Urdu short stories Patjhar Ki Awaz to Kannada.

Qurratulain Hyder

Compared to her exact contemporaries, Milan Kundera and Gabriel García Márquez, the breadth of her literary canvas, her vision and insight, transcend time.

She lived in Bombay for nearly twenty years before shifting to Noida near New Delhi, where she had been staying till her demise.


Urdu literature

The next generation of Urdu short story writers included Qurratulain Hyder, Qazi Abdul Sattar and Joginder Paul.


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