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| Author | Mohiuddin Nawab |
|---|---|
| Language | Urdu |
| Genre | Crime, Mystery, Adventure Thriller Fantasy |
| Publisher | Kitaabiyat Publication |
| Publication place | Pakistan |
| Media type | Print (hardcover, paperback) |
Devta (Urdu: دیوتا deotā, "deity") is a serialized fantasy thriller novel written in the Urdu language by Mohiuddin Nawab.[1] It was published monthly for 33 years in the Pakistani magazine Suspense Digest from February 1977 to January 2010. Devta is the fictional autobiography of Farhad Ali Taimoor, a man who gained telepathic powers.[2]
The author Mohiuddin Nawab, a well-known social story writer of Pakistan, has written more than 500 stories, both short stories and novel-length, mostly published in Suspense Digest, a monthly magazine published in Karachi and available in Pakistan, India, and elsewhere in the world where Urdu is spoken. He has also written screenplays for film and television.
Spanning 49 volumes and an estimated 2,450,000 words, (9,800,000 estimated characters with and without spaces. 6898.1 Pages) Devta is the longest continuously published story on record. It was started in February 1977 and appeared every month in Suspense Digest, with its concluding chapter published in January 2010.
- ^ "Renowned novelist Mohiuddin Nawab passes away in Karachi". The Express Tribune. February 6, 2016.
- ^ Asif, Haseeb (20 March 2017). "Read pray love: Inside the enigmatic world of Urdu digests". Herald magazine.