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Saadat Hasan Manto

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Born: May 10 1912

Died: 1717 01 19551955

Saadat Hasan Manto , the most widely read and the most controversial short-story writer in Urdu, was born on 11 May 1912 at Sambrala in Punjab's Ludhiana District. In a writing career spanning over two decades he produced twenty-two collections of short stories, one novel, five collections of radio plays, three collections of essays, two collections of reminiscences and many scripts for films. He was tried for obscenity half a dozen times, thrice before and thrice after independence. Not always was he acquitted. Some of Manto's greatest work was produced in the last seven years of his life, a time of great financial and emotional hardship for him. He died a few months short of his forty-third birthday, in January 1955, in Lahore.

Saadat Hasan Manto

4.1/5 ( ratings)

Born: May 10 1912

Died: 1717 01 19551955

Saadat Hasan Manto , the most widely read and the most controversial short-story writer in Urdu, was born on 11 May 1912 at Sambrala in Punjab's Ludhiana District. In a writing career spanning over two decades he produced twenty-two collections of short stories, one novel, five collections of radio plays, three collections of essays, two collections of reminiscences and many scripts for films. He was tried for obscenity half a dozen times, thrice before and thrice after independence. Not always was he acquitted. Some of Manto's greatest work was produced in the last seven years of his life, a time of great financial and emotional hardship for him. He died a few months short of his forty-third birthday, in January 1955, in Lahore.

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Toba Tek Singh: Stories

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Manto: Selected Stories

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Bitter Fruit: The Very Best of Saadat Hasan Manto

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Best of Manto: A Collection of his Short Stories

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Manto Nama / منٹو نامہ

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Why I Write: Essays by Saadat Hasan Manto

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Khol Do / کھول دو

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Black Margins

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Manto Ke Afsanay / منٹو کے افسانے

Manto and Chughtai: The Essential Stories

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Siyah Hashiye / سیاہ حاشئے

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Khali Botalain Khali Dabbay / خالی بوتلیں خالی ڈبے

Namrood Ki Khudai / نمرود کی خدائی

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