Qurratulain Hyder
Qurratulain Hyder was an Indian Urdu novelist and short story writer, academic, and journalist. One of the most outstanding and influential literary names in Urdu literature, she is best known for her magnum opus, Aag Ka Darya, a novel first published in Urdu in 1959, from Lahore, Pakistan, that stretches from the fourth century BC to post partition of India.
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- Born in
- Aligarh
- Educated at
- University of LucknowIndraprastha College for Women
- Awards
- 🏆 Sahitya Akademi Award🏆 Jnanpith Award🏆 Padma Bhushan🏆 Padma Shri in literature and education
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1927
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