Intizar Hussain
| Intizar Hussain | |
|---|---|
| Native name | انتظار حسین |
| Born | 7 December 1923 Dibai, Bulandshahr district, British India, now India |
| Died | 2 February 2016 (aged 92) Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan |
| Occupation | Writer, Poet |
| Language | Urdu |
| Nationality | Pakistani |
| Alma mater | Meerut College |
| Notable awards | Sitara-i-Imtiaz Award (Star of Excellence) |
Intizar Hussain (Urdu: انتظار حسین; December 7, 1923 – February 2, 2016) was a Pakistani writer of Urdu novels, short stories, poetry and nonfiction. He is widely recognised as a leading literary figure of Pakistan.
Intizar Hussain was born in Dibai, Bulandshahr, British India in 1923, and migrated to Pakistan in 1947. His exact date of birth is not known, sources indicate that he was born on 21 December 1922, 1923 or 1925. After passing the Intermediate Examination (high school equivalent in the USA) in 1942, he gained a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in Urdu literature at Meerut College in 1944 and 1946 respectively. Hussain's wife Aliya Begum died in 2004. They had no children.
He wrote short stories, novels and poetry in Urdu, and also literary columns for Dawn newspaper and Daily Express newspaper.The Seventh Door, Leaves and Basti are among his books that have been translated into English. Among the five novels he wrote - Chaand Gahan (1952), Din Aur Daastaan (1959), Basti (1980), Tazkira (1987), Aage Samandar Hai (1995) - Basti received global praise. His other writings include Hindustan Se Aakhri Khat, Aagay Sumandar Hai, Shehr-e-Afsos, Jataka Tales, Janam Kahanian and Wo Jo Kho Gaye. Aagay Sumandar Hai (Sea is facing you in the front) contrasts the spiraling urban violence of contemporary Karachi with a vision of the lost Islamic realm of al-Andalus in modern Spain. His novel Basti is based on Pakistani history.
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