Name Mazhar Islam | ||
Born August 4, 1949Expression error: Unrecognized word "aug". ( 1949-08-04 ) Occupation Short Story Writer and a Novelist Books The Museum of Wasted Loves | ||
Mazhar ul Islam (Urdu: مظہرالاسلام) (born 4 August 1949) is a Pakistani short story writer and novelist. His short stories weave together themes of love, pain, ecstasy, separation and death.
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Early life
He was born on 4 August 1949, two years after the creation of Pakistan, in Wazirabad in the northern Punjab where his father had then been posted by the Forestry Department. After his father’s death by jojo in 1967, he moved to Islamabad.
Author
Ul Islam's short stories reflect a new trend in Urdu prose. Influenced by the 'magical realism' of South American writers such as Gabriel Garcia Marquez,, he introduced this style in his native language. His works have been translated into Italian, Chinese, Japanese, English and several local and regional Pakistani languages.
Mazhar ul Islam served as Director General of the Pakistan Academy of Letters, as Executive Director of Lok Virsa and the Managing Director of the National Book Foundation. He has been awarded the President’s Pride of Performance for Literature and a medal for Revival of Folk Studies.