Zahida Zaidi

Zahida Zaidi
Born4 January 1930
Meerut, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, British India
Died11 January 2011(2011-01-11) (aged 81)
Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India
NationalityIndian
Alma materAligarh Muslim University, University of Cambridge
Occupation(s)Writer and poet
Known forPoetry in Urdu and English
Notable workMore than 30 books, and translations of Chekhov, Pirandello, Beckett, Sartre, and Ionesco

Zahida Zaidi (4 January 1930 – 11 January 2011) was an Indian scholar, professor of English literature, poet, dramatist, playwright, and literary critic. Her literary contributions include more than 30 books in Urdu and English related to social, psychological, and philosophical aspects, and the translation of the literary works of Chekhov, Pirandello, Beckett, Sartre, and Ionesco. She produced and directed several plays of Indian and Western authors in Urdu and English.[1][2][3] She received the Hum Sab Ghalib Award for Urdu drama awarded by the Ghalib Institute, Delhi, and the Kul Hind Bahadur Shah Zafar Award.[4]

  1. ^ "Zahida Zaidi 1930–2011". rekhta.org. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
  2. ^ Susie J. Tharu; Ke Lalita (1993). Women Writing in India: The twentieth century. Feminist Press at CUNY. pp. 322–. ISBN 978-1-55861-029-3.
  3. ^ "Sajida Zaidi, celebrated Urdu writer, passes away at 84". Indian Express. 11 March 2011. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
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