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Saʿādat Ḥasan Maṅṫō

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Islam, Judaism, and Zoroastrianism

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Manto; Saadat Hasan Manto; Saadat Hassan Manto; Sadat Hassan Manto

Definition

Saadat Hasan Manto is considered one of the greatest writers of Urdu prose, best known for his stories about Partition.

Introduction

Saadat Hasan Manto (May 11, 1912–January 18, 1955) is generally considered to be one of the greatest writers of Urdu prose. Born to a Kashmiri Muslim family in modern-day India, Manto would die a Pakistani citizen in Lahore. Manto’s relatively short life was marked by a prolific career spanning several genres, including radio and screenplays, essays, literary sketches, and short stories. It is upon his achievements in the last of these categories, however, that his fame chiefly rests. Ayesha Jalal, a leading historian of Pakistan, has called him “the greatest Urdu short-story writer of the twentieth century” [6]. Salman Rushdie has similarly praised Manto as “the undisputed master of the Indian short story” [7].

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Manto completed his early education in...

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References

  1. Bhalla A (1997) Life and works of Saadat Hasan Manto. Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla

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  1. South Asian Languages and Civilizations, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA

    Andrew Halladay

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  1. Pomona College Religious Studies, Claremont, CA, USA

    Zayn R. Kassam

  2. Rollins College Jewish Studies Program, Winter Park, FL, USA

    Yudit Kornberg Greenberg

  3. World Zoroastrian Organization, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Jehan Bagli

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Halladay, A. (2018). Saʿādat Ḥasan Maṅṫō. In: Kassam, Z.R., Greenberg, Y.K., Bagli, J. (eds) Islam, Judaism, and Zoroastrianism. Encyclopedia of Indian Religions. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-1267-3_1921

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