Khadija Mastoor

Khadija Mastoor
خدیجہ مستور‬
Born (1927-12-11)11 December 1927
Bareilly, British India
Died 25 July 1982(1982-07-25) (aged 54)
Nationality Pakistani
Occupation Writer
Known for Feminist

Khadija Mastoor (Urdu: خدیجہ مستور‬‎; Xadījah Mastūr) (11 December 1927 – 25 July 1982)[1] was an Urdu writer from Pakistan. She wrote several collections of short stories.[2] Her novel Aangan has highly been admired as a literary history in Urdu, which has also been changed into the drama.[3] Her younger sister Hajra Masroor is also a short story writer.[4][5][6]

Personal life

Khadija Mastoor was born on 11 December 1927 in Bareilly, India. Her father Tahoor Ahmad Khan, a British Army Doctor, died after a heart attack. She and her sister Hajra Masroor migrated to Lahore, Pakistan and settled there.[7] Khadija died in London on 25 July 1982 and was buried in Lahore.[2]

Literary career

Khadija began writing short stories in 1942. She has published five books of short stories and two novels.[4] Her stories are based on social and moral values and as well as political. Her writing is based on experience and observation.[5] The thesis of PhD has also been written on Khadija and on her literary work by a student at Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan,[8] A newspaper writes;

Brimming with an urge for writing, both sisters wrote stories for a children['s] magazine and were encouraged by the response they received from prestigious literary journals like Adbi Dunya. Maulana Salahuddin Ahmad, editor of Adbi Dunyia published the stories with adoring remarks and an advice.[5]

Bibliography

Novels

  • Aangan[1] آنگن 1962
  • Zameen[1] 1987 زمین

Short stories

  • Bochar[1] 1946 بوچھاڑ
  • Khail[1] 1944 کھیل
  • Chand Roz Oor[1] 1951 چند روز اور

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "خدیجہ مستور Khadija Mastoor". Global Urdu Forum.Org.(Urdu Encyclopedia). Retrieved 11 September 2012.
  2. 1 2 "Khadija Masroor's anniversary observed". Pak Observer.net. 27 July 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
  3. ↑ NewsBytes (29 March 2017). "Period drama Aangan to make way to small screen soon". The News. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
  4. 1 2 "Mastoor's death anniversary". The Fontier Post.com. 27 July 2012. Archived from the original on 3 February 2013. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
  5. 1 2 3 "Khadija Mastoor's writings praised". Daily Dawn. 3 September 2005. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
  6. ↑ "Great story writer Khadija Mastoor's anniversary today". Samaa.TV. 26 July 2012. Archived from the original on January 6, 2014. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
  7. ↑ "REVIEW: The dramatic interlude". Daily Dawn. 25 November 2007. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
  8. ↑ "Urdu Afsanvi Adab Ki Riwait Ma Khadija Mastoor Ka Muqam". Hec.Gov.PK. 27 September 2011. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
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