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MY
FRIEND, MY ENEMY: Essays,
Reminiscences, Portraits
Ismat Chughtai
Translated by Tahira Naqvi
Rs 250 Pb 2001
81-86706-37-2
(Pakistani rights sold. All others are available.)
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This selection
from Ismat Chughtai’s prose writing comprises
autobiographical essays, literary criticism and
pen portraits of her well-known contemporaries.
Translated into English for the very first time,
this collection is an important contribution to
the social fabric of her life and times. |
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ISMAT
CHUGHTAI
was born
on 15 August, 1915 into a middle class family
in Badayun. Her first short story Lihaaf
published in 1942 created a storm of controversy.
One of Urdu’s boldest and outspoken
women writers, she played an important role
in the development of the modern Urdu short
story. She wrote novels, novellas, plays and
essays and with her husband Shahid Latif,
produced and co-directed several films. She
was an actively involved with the Progressive
Writers’ Association and had close friendships
with major writers of the day. |
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