Shaukat Siddiqui
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Shaukat Siddiqui was a Pakistani
writer of fiction who wrote in Urdu
. He is known for his novels Khuda Ki Basti
(God's Own Land) and Jangloos
.
, India
. He got his early education from his home town and earned a B.A. in 1944 and M.A. (Political Science) in 1944. After partition of India
, he migrated to Pakistan
in 1950 and stayed in Lahore
but soon permanently settled in Karachi
. His early days in Pakistan were full of financial trouble and political opposition, which he soon overcame. He accompanied Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
in a lot of his foreign tours.
He was an active member of Pakistan Writers' Guild and a partisan of progressive writers association. Shaukat Siddiqi worked at the news-desks of the Times of Karachi, Pakistan Standard and the Morning News. He finally rose to be the editor of the Daily Anajam, the Weekly Al-Fatah and the Daily Musawat Karachi, before bidding goodbye to journalism in 1984.
He died on December 18, 2006 in Karachi at the age of 83, he left behind a wife and 2 sons and 3 daughters.
His magnum opus is Khuda Ki Basti
(God's Own Land) which has gone through 46 editions and enjoys the distinction of having been translated into 26 international languages. It has been dramatised time and again. Its English translation by David Mathews of London University was equally a success.
Other novels of Shaukat Siddiqui are Kamin Gah (1956), Jangloos
(1988) and Char Deewari (1990) based on his own childhood memories in a fictitious manner.
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
writer of fiction who wrote in Urdu
Urdu
Urdu is a register of the Hindustani language that is identified with Muslims in South Asia. It belongs to the Indo-European family. Urdu is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan. It is also widely spoken in some regions of India, where it is one of the 22 scheduled languages and an...
. He is known for his novels Khuda Ki Basti
Khuda Ki Basti (novel)
Khuda Ki Basti is an Urdu novel written by author Shaukat Siddiqui.- Description :A modern classic of Urdu literature by Shaukat Siddiqui, Khuda Ki Basti , takes place during the 1950s in the slums of Karachi and Lahore in a newly-independent Pakistan. The story revolves around a poor but...
(God's Own Land) and Jangloos
Jangloos
-Plot summary:The novel tells the story of two prisoners, Lali and Raheem Dad who escaped from the jail. The story is created in the backdrop of central Punjab .-Adaptations:...
.
Life
Shaukat Siddiqui was born on March 20, 1923 in a literary family of LucknowLucknow
Lucknow is the capital city of Uttar Pradesh in India. Lucknow is the administrative headquarters of Lucknow District and Lucknow Division....
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. He got his early education from his home town and earned a B.A. in 1944 and M.A. (Political Science) in 1944. After partition of India
Partition of India
The Partition of India was the partition of British India on the basis of religious demographics that led to the creation of the sovereign states of the Dominion of Pakistan and the Union of India on 14 and 15...
, he migrated to Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
in 1950 and stayed in Lahore
Lahore
Lahore is the capital of the Pakistani province of Punjab and the second largest city in the country. With a rich and fabulous history dating back to over a thousand years ago, Lahore is no doubt Pakistan's cultural capital. One of the most densely populated cities in the world, Lahore remains a...
but soon permanently settled in Karachi
Karachi
Karachi is the largest city, main seaport and the main financial centre of Pakistan, as well as the capital of the province of Sindh. The city has an estimated population of 13 to 15 million, while the total metropolitan area has a population of over 18 million...
. His early days in Pakistan were full of financial trouble and political opposition, which he soon overcame. He accompanied Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was 9th Prime Minister of Pakistan from 1973 to 1977, and prior to that, 4th President of Pakistan from 1971 to 1973. Bhutto was the founder of the Pakistan Peoples Party — the largest and most influential political party in Pakistan— and served as its chairman until his...
in a lot of his foreign tours.
He was an active member of Pakistan Writers' Guild and a partisan of progressive writers association. Shaukat Siddiqi worked at the news-desks of the Times of Karachi, Pakistan Standard and the Morning News. He finally rose to be the editor of the Daily Anajam, the Weekly Al-Fatah and the Daily Musawat Karachi, before bidding goodbye to journalism in 1984.
He died on December 18, 2006 in Karachi at the age of 83, he left behind a wife and 2 sons and 3 daughters.
Literary work
Shaukat Siddiqui's first piece of writing was a short story, "Kon kisi ka", published in Weekly Khayyam Lahore. In 1952, his first collection of short stories, Teesra Admi (1952), was brought out and proved to be a great success. Subsequently, other collections of short stories Andhere Dur Andhere (1955), Raton Ka Shahar (1956) and Keemya Gar (1984), followed.His magnum opus is Khuda Ki Basti
Khuda Ki Basti (novel)
Khuda Ki Basti is an Urdu novel written by author Shaukat Siddiqui.- Description :A modern classic of Urdu literature by Shaukat Siddiqui, Khuda Ki Basti , takes place during the 1950s in the slums of Karachi and Lahore in a newly-independent Pakistan. The story revolves around a poor but...
(God's Own Land) which has gone through 46 editions and enjoys the distinction of having been translated into 26 international languages. It has been dramatised time and again. Its English translation by David Mathews of London University was equally a success.
Other novels of Shaukat Siddiqui are Kamin Gah (1956), Jangloos
Jangloos
-Plot summary:The novel tells the story of two prisoners, Lali and Raheem Dad who escaped from the jail. The story is created in the backdrop of central Punjab .-Adaptations:...
(1988) and Char Deewari (1990) based on his own childhood memories in a fictitious manner.