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Saadat Hasan Manto was born on 11 May 1912, in a Muslim family, in Paproudi village of Samrala, in the Ludhiana district of the Punjab, to Sardar Begum and Ghulam Hasan Manto. His father was a judge in the local court. In 1933, Saadat Hasan Manto met Abdul Bari Alig, a polemic writer, and scholar in Amritsar that changed his life forever.
Saadat Hasan Manto. Saadat Hasan Manto (1912-55) was the leading Urdu short-story writer of the twentieth century. He was born in Samrala in the Ludhiana district of Punjab. He worked for All India Radio during World War II and was a successful screenwriter in Bombay before moving to Pakistan at Partition. During his controversial two-decade ...
May 11, 2022 · A prolific writer and playwright, Saadat Hasan Manto was born on this day in Ludhiana in 1912. He died young, in his early 40s, but over the short course of his life, produced over 20 collections of short stories, a novel, radio plays, and essays. Despite his love for Bombay and intention to stay in the city, Manto migrated to Lahore, Pakistan.
In his short story 'Toba Tek Singh', set against the background of the 1947 partition of the Indian subcontinent, writer Saadat Hasan Manto provides a literary narration of the socio-political ...
Saadat Hasan Manto was bom in the Punjab in 1912. He was a student agitator with a longing for revolutionary Russia; a translator of Victor Hugo and Oscar Wilde; an editor; a writer for the Bombay film industry and for radio; and most important, a prolific author. A popular writer, he was anathema to the authorities, political and literary.
Saadat Hasan Manto: Nickname: Manto: Profession: Writer, Playwright and Author: Physical Stats & More: Height (approx.) in centimeters- 170 cm in meters- 1.70 m in feet inches- 5’ 7” Weight (approx.) in kilograms- 60 kg in pounds- 132 lbs: Eye Colour: Black: Hair Colour: Black: Personal Life: Date of Birth: 11 May 1912: Birth Place
May 11, 2020 · May 11, 2020 by Shahid Irfan. Saadat Hasan Manto is a magical word for Urdu language readers. He was an Indo-Pakistan short story writer who got famous as the most celebrated screenwriter, playwright, and novelist. He lived from a very young age, from 11 May 1922 to 18 January 1955. His short stories gave him rousing success and brought his ...
