Razia Sajjad Zaheer

Razia Sajjad Zaheer
BornRazia Dilshad
(1918-10-15)15 October 1918
Ajmer, Ajmer State, British India
Died18 December 1979(1979-12-18) (aged 61)
Delhi, India
Resting placeVIP Graveyard, Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi
OccupationWriter, translator
LanguageUrdu
CitizenshipIndian
Alma materAllahabad University
Period1948–1979
Literary movementProgressive Writers Association and Afro-Asian Writers' Movement
Notable worksAllah De Banda Le, Nehru ka Bhatija and Galileo
SpouseSajjad Zaheer
Children4, including Nadira Babbar[1] and Noor Zaheer
Website
Sajjad Zaheer Digital Archive

Razia Sajjad Zaheer (15 October 1918 – 18 December 1979) was an Indian writer in the Urdu language, a translator, and a prominent member of the Progressive Writers Association. She won the Uttar Pradesh Sahitya Akademi Award as well as the Soviet Land Nehru Award.