Khalid Akhtar
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Muhammad Khalid Akhtar | |
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Born | 1920 Bahawalpur,Punjab,British India |
Died | 2 February 2002 Karachi,Sindh,Pakistan | (aged 81–82)
Occupation | writer |
Period | 1943 to 2000 |
Genre | Humour |
Notable works | Chakiwara Main Visal |
Mohammad Khalid Akhtar(Urdu:محمد خالد اختر), (born 1920 inBahawalpur,died 2 February 2002),[1]was anUrdu-language writer. His satirical novelChakiwara Mein Visalfrom 1964 won theAdamjee Literary Award.
Bibliography[edit]
- Chakiwara main Visal(1964).
- Khoya Hoa Ufaq(A collection of stories, sketches, satirical essays, the winner of the Adamjee Award in 1967).
- Bees So Giyara(A novel published in 1950 and republished in 1999).
- Yatra(A travelogue published in 1990).
- Do Safar(A travelogue – 1984
- Chacha Abdul Baqi – Stories (Satire) – 1985
- Makatib E Khizar
- Ibn-i-Jubair ka safar(A travelogue published in 1994)
- Laltain Aur Dosari Kahaniyan(Stories and a novella published in 1984)
A complete collection of his short stories, travelogues, and articles is being published by Oxford University Press.
Further reading[edit]
- Muhammad Khalid Akhtar's Collection of Stories By Rashid Ashraf
- Khalid Sahab Has Run Away! Again by Musharraf Ali Farooqi | DAWN, 28 August 2011
In August 2010, a PhD thesis was submitted to Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad, by Waheed Ur Rehman with the titleMuhammad Khalid Akhtar Shakhsiat Wa Fun.[citation needed]
References[edit]
- ^"Khalid Akhtar, eminent writer, is dead".Dawn.3 February 2002.Retrieved15 June2017.