Occupation Writer Website web site | Name Manzoor Ahtesham | |
Born 1948 Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India Awards Padma Shri
Bharatiya Bhasha Parishad Puruskar
Shrikant Verma Smriti Samman
Virsingh Deo Award
Vageshwari Award
Shikhar Samman
Pahal Samman | ||
Manzoor Ahtesham is an Indian writer of Hindi literature known for his depiction of the lives of the Indian Muslim community in the independent India. Ahtesham was born in 1948 in Bhopal, in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh and did his studies at the Aligarh Muslim University. He is 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 while Dastan E Lapata has been translated by Jason Grunebaum and Ulrike Stark.
Ahtesham is a recipient of several awards such as Bharatiya Bhasha Parishad Puruskar, Shrikant Verma Smriti Samman, Virsingh Deo Award, Vageshwari Award, Shikhar Samman and Pahal Samman. He was honoured by the Government of India in 2003 with Padma Shri, the fourth highest Indian civilian award.