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Udaas Naslain (translated into English as The Weary Generations) is an Urdu novel by Pakistani writer Abdullah Hussain. His debut novel, it led to his rise to prominence in Urdu literature. [1] It won the Adamjee Literary Award in 1963, the year of its publication. [1] It is considered as a masterpiece and one of the greatest novels in Urdu ...
Literature written in Hindi-Urdu was not common prior to the 1700s. [14] In North India, rich literary cultures existed in Awadhi and Brajbhasha, with earliest Awadhi texts dating to the 14th century. [15] In Delhi, poets wrote in Persian, while Rekhta/Hindvi (what is now recognizable as Hindi-Urdu) did not have the same literary recognition. [16]
At its first meeting in Lucknow on March 30, 1927, the Academy setup Urdu and Hindi survey committees to assess the state of each language's literature. [13] Zamin headed the Urdu survey committee and produced the report, Urdu Zaban-o-Adab [14].This book summarizes Urdu linguistics and is considered more comprehensive than Sir George Greison's ...
This is a list of notable Urdu-language writers This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
Urdu literature (Urdu: ادبیاتِ اُردُو, “Adbiyāt-i Urdū”) comprises the literary works, written in the Urdu language.While it tends to be dominated by poetry, especially the verse forms of the ghazal (غزل) and nazm (نظم), it has expanded into other styles of writing, including that of the short story, or afsana (افسانہ).
Umrao Jaan Ada (Urdu: اُمراؤ جان ادا) is an Urdu novel by Mirza Hadi Ruswa (1857–1931), first published in 1899. [1] It is considered the first Urdu novel by many [2] and tells the story of a tawaif and poet by the same name from 19th century Lucknow, as recounted by her to the author.
Deccani literature (Urdu: ادبیات دكهنى, “Adbiyāt-i-DakhNi Urdū”) is the literature produced in the Deccani dialect of the Urdu language. [1] The earliest forms of Deccani literature are in the form of Sufi and Bhakti texts with poetic genres. [ 1 ]
Fasana-e-Azad (Urdu: فسانۂ آزاد; transl. The Adventures of Azad, also romanized as Fasana-i-Azad) is an Urdu novel by Ratan Nath Dhar Sarshar.It was serialized in Avadh Akhbar between 1878 and 1883 before it was published in four large volumes by the Nawal Kishore Press.