Manzoor Ahtesham (3 April 1948 – 26 April 2021) was an Indian writer of
Hindi literature
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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
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.
He studied at
Aligarh Muslim University
Aligarh Muslim University is a Collegiate university, collegiate, Central university (India), central, and Research university, research university located in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India, which was originally established by Sir Syed Ahmad Kh ...
and a predecessor of
Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology
The Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal (MANIT or NIT Bhopal or 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 ...
.
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He died on 26 April 2021 at a private hospital here after being admitted a week back for ]COVID-19
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The symptoms of COVID‑19 can vary but often include fever ...
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:New York
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'' magazine cited the book as one of the best novels not yet available in English. Grunebaum and Stark's translation was issued by Northwestern University Press
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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
The Padma Shri (IAST: ''padma śrī'', lit. 'Lotus Honour'), also spelled Padma Shree, is the fourth-highest Indian honours system, civilian award of the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan. In ...
, the fourth-highest Indian civilian award, in 2003.
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1948 births
2021 deaths
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