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Saadat Hasan Manto
Writing uncompromising Urdu stories about Partition and people pushed to society’s margins.
Atish Paray · Siyah Hashiye
- Born
- 11 May 1912
- Birthplace
- Samrala, India
- Died
- 18 January 1955
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Saadat Hasan Manto
Saadat Hasan Manto was a short-story writer and screenwriter whose work exposed the brutality of communal violence.
Early life
Punjab childhood
Grew up in a Kashmiri Muslim family in British India.
Literary encouragement
Abdul Bari Alig encouraged his reading and translation of European fiction.
Career
- 1936
Bombay journalism
Moved to Bombay to edit Musawwir and write for films.
- 1941
Radio in Delhi
Joined the Urdu service of All India Radio.
- 1948
Move to Lahore
Settled in Pakistan following Partition.
Selected work
Atish Paray
His first collection of original short stories.
Siyah Hashiye
Brief, stark sketches of Partition violence.
Toba Tek Singh
An asylum inmate confronts the absurdity of a newly divided homeland.
Beyond work
Censorship
Faced six obscenity trials over his writing.
Family life
Moved to Lahore with his wife Safia and their daughters.
Sources & photo credit
Wikipedia biography and references ↗Further biography and career ↗Photo: Unknown author Unknown author. Public domain · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.
