Ahmed Ali (writer)

Ahmed Ali
Born1 July 1910
Delhi, British India
Died14 January 1994(1994-01-14) (aged 83)
Karachi, Pakistan
OccupationWriter
Known forone of the founders of All-India Progressive Writers Movement

Ahmed Ali (Urdu: احمد علی; 1 July 1910 – 14 January 1994) was a Pakistani novelist, poet, critic, translator, diplomat and scholar. A pioneer of the modern Urdu short story, his works include the short story collections: Angarey (Embers), 1932; Hamari Gali (Our Lane), 1940; Qaid Khana (The Prison-house), 1942; and Maut Se Pehle (Before Death), 1945. His other writings include Twilight in Delhi (1940), his first novel in the English language.[1]