Qurratulain Hyder

Key facts

Born

20 January 1927, Aligarh

Died

21 August 2007, Noida

State of birth

Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh

Sector

Literature & writing

Profession

Indian writer (1927–2007)

Gender

Female

Biography

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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Timeline

1. 1927Born in Aligarh
2. 1967Awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award
3. 1984Awarded the Padma Shri in literature and education
4. 1989Awarded the Jnanpith Award
5. 2005Awarded the Padma Bhushan
6. 2007Dies in Noida