Saadat Hasan Manto, passed
away on 18 January 1955, was a Pakistani writer, playwright and author born in
Ludhiana, British India. Writing mainly in the Urdu language, he produced 22
collections of short stories, a novel, five series of radio plays, three
collections of essays, two collections of personal sketches. His best short
stories are held in high esteem by writers and critics. Manto was known to
write about the hard truths of society that no one dared to talk about. He is
best known for his stories about the partition of India, which he opposed,
immediately following independence in 1947.
His fictions caused a stir
in the literary world. He was tried several times for obscenity and was
sentenced to 3 months imprisonment and 300 fines in Pakistan. Later, he was
awarded their highest civilian award ‘Nishan-e-Imtiyaz’.
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