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| Ismail Ahmedani | |
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| Born | Rajanpur District, now Pakistan |
Ismail Ahmedani (1930–2007) (اسماعیل احمدانی) was a Saraiki-language Pakistani novelist and fiction writer, and promoter of the Saraiki language.
Life
He was born on 1 January 1930 in a small village "Khoi" in Rajanpur District, British India (now Pakistan).
His father Muhammad Moosa Khan was a writer and teacher. He earned a BA in arts from Dera Ghazi Khan and then started his life as a teacher from Bahawalpur and later in Khanpur, in district Rahim Yar Khan.
He wrote a travelogue named Peet de Pandh (travel of love) and won an award for this writing. He wrote his autobiography named Yadden De Kak Muhal (places of memories). In 2013 he was again awarded the Khwaja Ghulam Farid award for literature in the Saraiki language for this autobiography.
Published books
- Peet Dey Pandh(پیت دے پندہ) A travelogue from Sanghar to Fort Monroe (Awarded), Publisher: Rasūlpūr, Z̤ilaʻ Ḍerah G̲h̲āzī K̲h̲ān : Sirāʼekī Pablīkeshanz ; Baḥāvalpūr : Milne kā patah, Sirāʼekī Lāʼibrerī, (1980)
- Chuoliyan(چولیاں) A novel about Existentialism . (Awarded)
- Amar Kahaani(امر کہانی) A novel about Saraiki movement
- Yadeen de kaak Mahal(یادین دی کاک محل) Autobiography (Awarded)
Unpublished books
- Hakra wal wahse(حاکرا ول واسی) Drama
- Moona leza dii Murk(مونالیزا دی مرک) A collection of eleven fictions
References
- ^ worldcat listing at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/18673065?tab=details#tabs
- Amir Jalil Bobra, PAL confers awards on literary figures. The Nation; Lahore, Pakistan Lahore, Pakistan 19 Dec 2013.