INTRODUCTION
Saadat Hasan Manto Was a Pakistani Writer, Playwright and Author who is considered to be among the greatest writer of short stories in South Asian history.His career as a writer produced twenty-two collections of short stories, one novel, five series of Radio plays,three collections of Essay ,Two collections of Personal Sketches.
BIOGRAPHY
- EARLY LIFE AND EDUCATION-Sadat Hasan Manto was born in paproudi village in ludhiana district of the punjab in a kashmiri pandit family of barristers on 1.may.1912.
The big turning point in his came in 1933, at age 21, when he met Abdul Bari Alig ,a Scholar and Polemic Writer in Amritsar.Alig encourage him to find his true talent and read Russian and French Authors.
- EARLY CAREER
Within a matter of months Manto produced an Urdu translation of victor Hugo`s The Last Day of a Condemned Man, which was published by URDU BOOK STALL, Lahore as Sarguzast-e-Aseer(A Prisoner,s Story).Soon afterwards he joined the editional staff of masawat, a daily published from ludhiana.
This heightened enthusian pushed Manto to pursue graduation at ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY.which he joined in february 1934, and soon got associated with INDIAN PROGRESSIVE WRITER’S ASSIOCIATED(IPWA). it was here that he met writers all sardar jafri and found a new sprit in his wrirting .Hiss second story ” INQLAAB PASAND” was publish in ALIGARH MAGAZINE in March 1935.
Saadat Hasan Manto had accepted the job of writing for Urdu Service of ALL INDIA RADIO in 1941.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
- ATISHPARAY..1936
- MANTO KE AFSANE 1940
- AFSANE AUR DRAMAY 1943
- LAZZAT-E-SANG 1948
- BADSHAHAT KA KHATIMAH 1950
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