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Pakistani writer

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Altaf Fatima was a Pakistani Urdu novelist, short story writer, and teacher. Altaf Fatima was born in Lucknow, she moved to Lahore during the Partition of India, and earned her MA and BEd from the University of Punjab. Her novel Dastak Na Do is regarded as one of the defining works in the Urdu language.

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Altaf Fatima was a Pakistani Urdu novelist, short story writer, and teacher. Altaf Fatima was born in Lucknow, she moved to Lahore during the Partition of India, and earned her MA and BEd from the University of Punjab. Her novel Dastak Na Do is regarded as one of the defining works in the Urdu language. An adaptation was presented on Pakistan Television and an abridged translation was serialised by the Karachi monthly, The Herald. In 2018, Fatima received the KLF Urdu Literature award at the 9th Karachi Literature Festival for her book, Deed Wadeed. She died on 29 November 2018.

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Lived 1927 to 2018 · aged 91
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