Nationality Pakistani Role Writer Name Khadija Mastoor | Occupation Writer Ethnicity Urdu-speaking Known for Feminism | |
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Died July 25, 1982, London, United Kingdom Books Inner Courtyard (Aangan): A Novel, Inner Courtyard, Or, Aangan | ||
Khadija mastoor urdu writer samaa tv 25 july 2017
Khadija Mastoor (Urdu: خدیجہ مستور; Xadījah Mastūr) (December 11, 1927 – July 25, 1982) was an Urdu writer from Pakistan. She wrote several collections of short stories. Her novel Aangan has highly been admired as a literary history in Urdu. Her younger sister Hajra Masroor is also an skillful short story writer.
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- Khadija mastoor urdu writer samaa tv 25 july 2017
- Namak ka haq by khadija mastoor
- Personal life
- Literary career
- References
Namak ka haq by khadija mastoor
Personal life
Khadija Mastoor was born on December 11, 1927 in Bareilly, India. Her father Dr. Tahoor Ahmad Khan who was British Army Doctor died after a heart attack. She and her sister Hajra Masroor migrated to Lahore, Pakistan and settled there. Khadija died in London on July 25, 1982 and was buried in Lahore.
Literary career
Khadija began writing short stories in 1942. She has published five books of short stories and two novels. Her stories are based on social and moral values and as well as political. During the writings she has no model before her, she looks around and simply describes her experiences. The thesis of PhD has also been written on Khadija and on her literary work by a student at Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, A newspaper writes;
"Brimming with an urge for writing, both sisters wrote stories for a children magazine and were encouraged by the response they received from prestigious literary journals like Adbi Dunya. Maulana Salahuddin Ahmad, editor of Adbi Dunyia published the stories with adoring remarks and an advice."