Manzoor Ahtesham (3 April 1948 – 26 April 2021) was an Indian writer of
Hindi literature
Hindi literature ( hi, हिन्दी साहित्य, translit=hindī sāhitya) includes literature in the various Hindi language which have writing systems. Earliest forms of Hindi literature are attested in poetry of Apabhraṃś ...
known for his depiction of the lives of the Indian Muslim community in independent India.
Life
Manzoor Ahtesham was born on 3 April 1948 in
Bhopal
Bhopal (; ) is the capital city of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh and the administrative headquarters of both Bhopal district and Bhopal division. It is known as the ''City of Lakes'' due to its various natural and artificial lakes. It i ...
.
He studied at
Aligarh Muslim University and a predecessor of
Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology
Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal (MANIT or NIT Bhopal, NIT-B) is a public technical university located in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India. It is part of a group of publicly funded institutions in India known as National Instit ...
.
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He died on 26 April 2021 at a private hospital here after being admitted a week back for ]COVID-19
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by a virus, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first known case was identified in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. The disease quickly ...
in Bhopal.[
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Literary career
Ahtesham was the author of five novels and several short story anthologies and plays. His major works are:Northwestern University Press
Northwestern University Press is an American publishing house affiliated with Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. It publishes 70 new titles each year in the areas of continental philosophy, poetry, Slavic and German literary criticism ...
in 2018.
Awards
Ahtesham was a recipient of several awards such as Bharatiya Bhasha Parishad Puruskar, Shrikant Verma Smriti Samman, Virsingh Deo Award, Vageshwari Award, Shikhar Samman, Pahal Samman and Maithilee Sharan Gupt Award 2017–2018.Padma Shri
Padma Shri ( IAST: ''padma śrī''), also spelled Padma Shree, is the fourth-highest civilian award of the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan. Instituted on 2 January 1954, the award is conf ...
, the fourth-highest Indian civilian award, in 2003.
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1948 births
2021 deaths
Recipients of the Padma Shri in literature & education
Indian male dramatists and playwrights
Writers from Bhopal
Indian male novelists
Indian male short story writers
Aligarh Muslim University alumni
20th-century Indian novelists
20th-century Indian dramatists and playwrights
20th-century Indian short story writers
Novelists from Madhya Pradesh
Dramatists and playwrights from Madhya Pradesh
20th-century Indian male writers
Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in India