Altaf Fatima

Altaf Fatima (Urdu: الطاف فاطمہ‎; born 1927 in Lucknow, British India) is an Urdu novelist, short-story writer, and teacher (specializing in Muhammad Iqbal). Her novel Dastak Na Do ("The One Who Did Not Ask ") is regarded as one of the defining works in the Urdu language. An adaptation was presented on Pakistan television and an abridged translation was serialised by the Karachi monthly, Herald.

Contents

• Mahpara talking with altaf fatima
• My Imperfect Yet Utterly Beguiled Reading of a Major Urdu Novel by Altaf Fatima Vlogmas Day 2
• Additional information
• Works
• References

Additional information

Altaf Fatima's novel Dastak Na Do has been translated into English by Rukhsana Ahmed.

Works

Novels

Nishaan-i-Mehfil

Dastak Naa Do (The One Who Did Not Ask (Novel) English translation published by Heinemann in 1994)

Chalta Musafir

Khwabgar

Collection of Short Stories

Woh Jissay Chaha Gaya

Jub Diwaarien Girya Karti Hain

Taar-i-Ankaboot

Deed Wadeed

Translations

Naghmay ka Qatal (Urdu Translation of Harper Lee's novel To Kill a Mockingbird)

Mere Bachay Meri Daulat

Barrey Aadmi, Aur Unke Nazariyat, A collection of political essays

Moti The Pearl by John Steinbeck

Sach Kahaniyan Urdu translation of Gujrati, Marathi, Tamil and Hindi Short Stories

Zaitoon ke Jhund Urdu translation of short stories from Middle East

Japani Afsana Nigar Khawateen Urdu translation of collection of Japanese short stories

Urdu translation of collection of South American short stories