fiction.wikisort.org - WriterShafqat Tanvir Mirza – known by many as STM (6 February 1932 – 20 November 2012) was a Pakistani writer and a journalist.[2] He was also a journalist union leader and was sent to jail twice because of his activities on behalf of newspapers he worked for.[1]
Pakistani writer and journalist
Shafqat Tanvir Mirza |
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Born | 6 February 1932[1]
Domeli, Jhelum District, Punjab (British India) [1] |
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Died | 20 November 2012(2012-11-20) (aged 80)[1]
Lahore, Pakistan |
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Nationality | Pakistani |
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Occupation | Journalist, Writer[1] |
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Relatives | Tamkinat Ara (wife) (married in 1963)[2] Tabashra Bano (daughter)[2] |
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Awards | Pride of Performance Award[1] |
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Early life and career
Born in the village of Domeli, in the Punjab province of Pakistan, he studied at schools in Chakwal, Khushab, Wazirabad, Attock, Bahawalnagar and at Gordon College, Rawalpindi.[1] Mirza's earlier career centred on Rawalpindi, where he worked for the daily newspapers Tameer and Hilal, as well as at Radio Pakistan. In 1970, he joined Daily Musawat, subsequently moving on to Daily Imroze, where he became the editor. In the 1990s, Shafqat Tanvir Mirza joined the English language newspaper Dawn, where he contributed regular columns on Punjabi language and culture.[2][1]
Activities as an author and translator
Shafqat Tanvir Mirza was also active as an author, writing and translating a number of books. He wrote in Urdu, Punjabi and English.
- Tehreek-i-Azadi Vich Punjab da Hissa (Punjabi)[1]
- Adab Raheen Punjab de Tareekh (Punjabi)
- Resistance Themes in Punjabi Literature (English)[1]
- Making of a Nation (English)
- Shah Hussain, a biography of 16th century Sufi poet (in Urdu language)[1]
- Lahu suhag, a Punjabi translation of Blood Wedding by Garcia Lorca[1]
- Booha Koeena, a Punjabi translation of No Exit by Jean-Paul Sartre[1]
- Akhia Sachal Sarmast nay, a translation of the Seraiki prose of Sachal Sarmast[2][1]
Awards and recognition
- Pride of Performance Award by the President of Pakistan in 2005[1]
References
Recipients of the Pride of Performance for Arts |
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1950s | |
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1960s | |
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1970s |
- Ismail Gulgee (1970)
- Farida Khanum (1970)
- Naheed Niazi (1970)
- Muslehuddin (1970)
- Ustad Gul Mohammad Khan (1971)
- S. M. Ikram (1971)
- Iqbal Bano (1974)
- Salamat Ali Khan (1977)
- Munir Sarhadi (1978)
- Ahmed Parvez (1978)
- Ustad Manzoor Ali Khan (1978)
- Sabri Brothers (1978)
- Ibn-e-Insha (1978)
- Faiz Mohammad Baloch (1979)
- Khamiso Khan (1979)
- Kishwar Sultan (1979)
- Ustad Fateh Ali Khan (Sitar Nawaz) (1979)
- Ghulam Ali (1979)
- Alam Lohar (1979)
- Mureed Buledi (1979)
- Misri Khan Jamali (1979)
- Pathanay Khan (1979)
- Mohammad Azam Chishti (1979)
- Ashfaq Ahmed (1979)
- Nabi Bakhsh Baloch (1979)
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1980s | |
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1990s | |
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2000s | |
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2010s |
- Afzal Tauseef (2010)
- Masarrat Misbah (2010)
- Rabia Zuberi (2010)
- Zulfiqar Ali (2010)
- Mahmood Shaam (2010)
- Hameed Akhtar (2010)
- Fahmida Riaz (2010)
- Shahid Nadeem (2010)
- Habib-ur-Rehman (2011)
- Khalida Inayat Noor (2011)
- Khan Tehsil (2011)
- Abdul Rahim Nagori (2011)
- S. Amjad Bukhari (2011)
- S. B. John (2011)
- S.H. Qasim Jalali (2011)
- Samina Ahmad (2011)
- Sohail Ahmed (2011)
- Ustad Hussain Bukhsh Gullu (2011)
- Khalid Ahmad (2011)
- Ustad Muhammad Alam (2011)
- Ustad Sharafat Ali Khan (Late) (2011)
- Wazir Afzal (2011)
- Zafar Kazmi (Late) (2011)
- Moin Akhter (2011)
- Sahira Kazmi (2012)
- Mohsin Gillani (2012)
- Noman Ijaz (2012)
- Saba Hameed (2012)
- Jawed Sheikh (2012)
- Meera (2012)
- Rahat Naveed Masud (2012)
- Lutfullah Khan (2012)
- Tahira Syed (2013)
- Muhammad Ajmal Khan (2013)
- Alamgir (2013)
- Shahida Mini (2013)
- Naghma (2013)
- Pervaiz Iqbal Cheema (2013)
- Cecil Chaudhry (2013)
- Shahid Abdullah (2014)
- Ustad Shafiquz Zaman Khan (2014)
- Aurangzeb Leghari (2014)
- Nazir Leghari (2014)
- Ayub Khawar (2014)
- Mir Mohammad Ali (TV comedian) (2015)
- Saba Qamar (2016)
- Waseem Abbas (2016)
- Wajahat Masood (journalist) (2016)
- Gulab Chandio (2016)
- Nathoo Khan (2016)
- Sarmad Khoosat (2017)
- Humaira Channa (2017)
- Ghazi Salahuddin (2017)
- Aslam Pervaiz (2018)
- Ghulam Haider (musician) (2018)
- A. Nayyar (singer) (2018)
- Rauf Parekh (journalist) (2018)
- Amanullah (comedian) (2018)
- Nighat Chaudhry (classical dancer) (2018)
- Nighat Butt (2018)
- Ishrat Fatima (newsreader) (2019)
- Arshad Sharif (journalist) (2019)
- Shabbir Jan (2019)
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