Khalida Hussain

Khalida Hussain
BornKhalida Asghar
(1937-07-18)July 18, 1937
Lahore, Punjab Province, British Raj
DiedJanuary 11, 2019(2019-01-11) (aged 81)
Islamabad, Pakistan
OccupationFiction writer, novelist and critic
LanguageUrdu
NationalityPakistani
Alma materLahore College for Women University
Oriental College, Lahore
University of the Punjab
Years active1956 – 2017
Notable worksKaghazi Ghat
Notable awardsPride of Performance (2006)

Khalida Hussain (Urdu: خالدہ حسین; 18 July 1937 – 11 January 2019) was a Pakistani fiction writer and novelist of Urdu.[1][2][3] She introduced a new trend in Urdu fiction writing, she mostly wrote stories on real life and was regarded as the best fiction writer in Pakistan after Intizar Hussain.[4] Khalida's novel Kaghazi Ghat (Paper Wharf) was her last novel in Urdu Literature.[4]

  1. ^ Aamer Hussein (29 October 2017). "COLUMN: DISCOVERING KHALIDA HUSAIN". Dawn (newspaper). Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  2. ^ Nasir Abbas Nayyar (20 January 2019). "The silent genius of Khalida Hussain". The News International (newspaper). Archived from the original on 29 January 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  3. ^ Haider Shahbaz (23 September 2019). "The political fiction of Khalida Hussain". Dawn (newspaper). Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Writer Khalida Hussain passes away". Dawn (newspaper). 12 January 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2020.