Occupation Novelist Awards Padma Shri | Known for Urdu literature Name Saliha Hussain | |
Saliha Abid Hussain is an Indian writer of Urdu literature, considered by many as one of the prominent writers of modern Urdu novels and children's literature. She is the author of works such as Azra, Rekhta, Yadgaray hali Baat Cheet and Jane Walon ki Yad Ati Hai. The Government of India awarded her the fourth highest Indian civilian honour of Padma Shri in 1983. Her life has been documented in a biography, Saliha Abid Hussain, written by Sughra Mehdi and published in 1993.
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