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The Urdu writer, Zeenath Sajida dominated the literary and intellectual circles of Hyderabad for half a century. Often compared with Ismat Chughtai for her boldness, defiance and verbal craft, Zeenath wrote a number of popular short stories. But she was best known for her humorous khaake (pen portraits) and inshaaiye (light sketches). Yet, her work has rarely been curated and translated for an English reader.

Nazia Akhtar’s nuanced translation brings Zeenath’s sparkling wit and eloquent prose to a new readership and reminds us of the neglected legacy of Hyderabadi women writers. Through The Deccan Sun we celebrate Zeenath Sajida’s place in a larger tradition of Urdu writing and culture, while also specifically enriching and diversifying perspectives on women’s writing in Urdu.’

 

About the Author

Zeenath Sajida (1924-2009) was an Urdu writer and professor of Urdu literature who lived and worked in Hyderabad. In her lifetime, she produced one volume of short stories titled Jal Tarang (1947) and made influential academic contributions to the literary history and culture of the Deccan. Usloob-e-Bayaan Aur (2009) - a second collection published posthumously through the efforts of her students and friends - offers more of her stories as well as compiles some of her most well-known and popular humorous essays.

Nazia Akhtar is an Assistant Professor in the Human Sciences Research Centre at the International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad, where she teaches courses in Indian and Russian literatures. She is the author of Bibi's Room: Hyderabadi Women and twentieth-century Urdu Prose (2022).
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  • ISBN: 9780143473831
  • Author: Zeenath Sajida
  • Publisher: Penguin Modern Classics
  • Pages: 224
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The Urdu writer, Zeenath Sajida dominated the literary and intellectual circles of Hyderabad for half a century. Often compared with Ismat Chughtai for her boldness, defiance and verbal craft, Zeenath wrote a number of popular short stories. But she was best known for her humorous khaake (pen portraits) and inshaaiye (light sketches). Yet, her work has rarely been curated and translated for an English reader.

Nazia Akhtar’s nuanced translation brings Zeenath’s sparkling wit and eloquent prose to a new readership and reminds us of the neglected legacy of Hyderabadi women writers. Through The Deccan Sun we celebrate Zeenath Sajida’s place in a larger tradition of Urdu writing and culture, while also specifically enriching and diversifying perspectives on women’s writing in Urdu.’

 

About the Author

Zeenath Sajida (1924-2009) was an Urdu writer and professor of Urdu literature who lived and worked in Hyderabad. In her lifetime, she produced one volume of short stories titled Jal Tarang (1947) and made influential academic contributions to the literary history and culture of the Deccan. Usloob-e-Bayaan Aur (2009) - a second collection published posthumously through the efforts of her students and friends - offers more of her stories as well as compiles some of her most well-known and popular humorous essays.

Nazia Akhtar is an Assistant Professor in the Human Sciences Research Centre at the International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad, where she teaches courses in Indian and Russian literatures. She is the author of Bibi's Room: Hyderabadi Women and twentieth-century Urdu Prose (2022).

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