Rashid Jahan | |
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| Born | 25 August 1905 Aligarh, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, India |
| Died | July 29, 1952 (aged 46) Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Resting place | Moscow, Russia |
| Occupation | Writer, gynecologist |
| Language | Urdu |
| Alma mater | Isabella Thoburn College, Lady Hardinge Medical College |
| Genre | Short stories, plays |
| Literary movement | Progressive Writers Movement |
| Notable works | Angarey |
| Spouse | Mahmuduz Zafar |
| Relatives | Sheikh Abdullah (father) Begum Khurshid Mirza (sister) Hamida Saiduzzafar (sister-in-law) Salman Haidar (nephew) |
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Rashid Jahan (25 August 1905 – 29 July 1952) was an Indian writer and medical doctor known for her Urdu literature and trenchant social commentaries. She wrote short stories and plays and contributed to Angarey (1932), a collection of unconventional short stories written in collaboration with Sajjad Zaheer, Ahmed Ali, and Mahmuduz Zafar.[1][2]
Jahan was an active member of the Progressive Writers' Movement and the Indian People's Theatre Association.[3][4][5] She has been called one of the first ever feminists and was a leading Indian communist.[3][5][6] These two schools of thought animated Jahan's life and literary output.
- ^ Coppola, Carlo; Zubair, Sajida (1987). "Rashid Jahan: Urdu Literature's First 'Angry Young Woman'". Journal of South Asian Literature. 22 (1): 166–183. ISSN 0091-5637. JSTOR 40873941.
- ^ Kumar, Kuldeep (11 July 2014). "Rashid Jahan: Rebel With a Cause". The Hindu (newspaper). Retrieved 25 December 2019.
- ^ a b Asaduddin, M. (2015). "Review of A Rebel and Her Cause: The Life and Work of Rashid Jahan". Indian Literature. 59 (1 (285)): 179–182. ISSN 0019-5804. JSTOR 44479275.
- ^ Abbasi, Aisha (7 September 2015). "A REBEL AND HER CAUSE: THE LIFE AND WORK OF RASHID JAHAN by rakhshanda Jalil India: Women Unlimited, 2012, 248 pp.: Book Reviews and Commentary". International Journal of Applied Psychoanalytic Studies. 12 (4): 367–371. doi:10.1002/aps.1462.
- ^ a b Jalil, Rakhshanda (2014). A rebel and her cause : the life and work of Rashid Jahan. Karachi. ISBN 978-0-19-940168-0. OCLC 909026227.
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