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Intizar Husain

Born

in Dibai, Bulandshahr, British India

December 07, 1923

Died

February 02, 2016

Genre

Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction

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Intizar Husain (1925–2016) was a journalist, short-story writer, and novelist, widely considered one of the most significant fiction writers in Urdu. Born in Dibai, Bulandshahr, in British-administered India, he migrated to Pakistan in 1947 and lived in Lahore. Besides Basti, he was the author of two other novels, Naya Gar (The New House), which paints a picture of Pakistan during the ten-year dictatorship of the Islamic fundamentalist General Zia-ul-Haq, and Agay Sumandar Hai (Beyond Is the Sea), which juxtaposes the spiraling urban violence of contemporary Karachi with a vision of the lost Islamic realm of al-Andalus. Collections of Husain’s celebrated short stories have appeared in English under the titles Leaves, The Seventh Door, A Chr ...more

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	Basti (New York Review Books Classics) by Intizar Husain, Frances W. Prichett (Translator), Asif Farrukhi (Introduction) 3.71 avg rating — 754 ratings — published 1979 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Sea Lies Ahead by Intizar Husain, Rakhshanda Jalil (Translator) 3.87 avg rating — 77 ratings — published 1995 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Death of Sheherzad by Intizar Husain, Rakhshanda Jalil (Translator) 3.64 avg rating — 55 ratings — published 2014 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Short Stories from Pakistan: Fifty Years of Pakistani Short Stories by Intizar Husain, Asif Farrukhi, M. Asaduddin (Translator) 3.85 avg rating — 47 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dilli Tha Jis Ka Naam / دلی تھا جس کا نام 3.98 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 2005 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Akhri Aadmi / آخری آدمی 4.12 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 1967 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Day and Dastan: Two Novellas by Intizar Husain, Nishat Zaidi (Translator), Alok Bhalla (Translator) 3.72 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2018	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Charaghon Ka Dhoowan / چراغوں کا دھواں 4.42 avg rating — 24 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Chronicle of the Peacock. Stories Of Partition, Exile And Lost Memories 3.89 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2003 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Din aur Dastaan / دن اور داستان 3.57 avg rating — 14 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Other people's history can be read comfortably, the way a novel can be read comfortably. By my own history? I'm on the run from my own history, and catching my breath in the present. Escapist. But the merciless present pushes us back again toward our history. The mind keeps talking.”
― Intizar Husain, Basti

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“They had left their cities, but they carried their cities with them, as a trust, on their shoulders. That's how it usually is. Even when cities are left behind, they don't stay behind. They seize on you even more. When the earth slips out from under your feet, that's when it really surrounds you . . . ”
― Intizar Husain, Basti

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“گدھوں اور دانشمندوں کی ایک مثال ہے کہ جہاں سب گدھے ہوجائیں وہاں کوئی گدھا نہیں ہوتا اور جہاں سب دانشمند بن جائیں وہاں کوئی دانشمند نہیں رہتا۔”
― Intizar Hussain, Akhri Aadmi / آخری آدمی

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