About Ikramullah and Moazzam Sheikh

About Ikramullah

Ikramullah (1930) was born in Jundiala (India), finished high school in Amritsar and moved to Multan after partition where he received a B.A. in 1953. He took a law degree from University Law College, Lahore. After practicing law in Multan for a few years, he joined the insurance trade in 1965. He began writing fiction in 1962. His first collection of short stories was titled Jungle, which was published to wide critical acclaim. His novel Gurg-e Shab was banned by Gen. Zia-ul-Haq and still remains so. Though rooted in realism for the most part, his stories are different from his contemporaries especially in terms of psychological and sexual underpinning. He has translated Chinua Achebe's classic novel Things Fall Apart into Urdu as Bikharti Duniya. His other collections of short stories are Badalte Qaalib and Savaa Nayzay Par Suraj. His latest novel was published by Sang-e Meel in 2001 under the title of Saayay Ki Awaaz. He has been widely translated into English. He makes his home in Lahore. The current story is from his first collection, Jungle.

About Moazzam Sheikh

Moazzam Sheikh was born in Lahore. He studied business, film and library science and is currently a librarian in the Art/Music/Recreation department at the San Francisco public library. In addition, he teaches at City College of San Francisco, writes fiction, and translates fiction from Urdu/Hindi/Punjabi/English. His latest work of translation is Stories of Intizar Husain (Katha). He has also edited a collection of stories, A Letter from India: Contemporary Pakistani Short Stories (Penguin). He is married to Amna Ali, the daughter of Nadir Ali, the renowned punjabi poet and fiction writer. They have a two year shaitan named Amar Tauseeq Sheikh who's already humming Alamgir's pop tunes.

Moazzam is one of the founding members of Another Subcontinent.

Read "The Wind Carried It All Away" here.

Discuss it here.

(Biographical notes by Moazzam Sheikh. )


home about contact policies submissions feature archives audio visual writing reviews forums art film & television food literature music society & culture elsewhere desilit parabaas sasialit sawnet upper stall	About Ikramullah Ikramullah (1930) was born in Jundiala (India), finished high school in Amritsar and moved to Multan after partition where he received a B.A. in 1953. He took a law degree from University Law College, Lahore. After practicing law in Multan for a few years, he joined the insurance trade in 1965. He began writing fiction in 1962. His first collection of short stories was titled Jungle, which was published to wide critical acclaim. His novel Gurg-e Shab was banned by Gen. Zia-ul-Haq and still remains so. Though rooted in realism for the most part, his stories are different from his contemporaries especially in terms of psychological and sexual underpinning. He has translated Chinua Achebe's classic novel Things Fall Apart into Urdu as Bikharti Duniya. His other collections of short stories are Badalte Qaalib and Savaa Nayzay Par Suraj. His latest novel was published by Sang-e Meel in 2001 under the title of Saayay Ki Awaaz. He has been widely translated into English. He makes his home in Lahore. The current story is from his first collection, Jungle. About Moazzam Sheikh Moazzam Sheikh was born in Lahore. He studied business, film and library science and is currently a librarian in the Art/Music/Recreation department at the San Francisco public library. In addition, he teaches at City College of San Francisco, writes fiction, and translates fiction from Urdu/Hindi/Punjabi/English. His latest work of translation is Stories of Intizar Husain (Katha). He has also edited a collection of stories, A Letter from India: Contemporary Pakistani Short Stories (Penguin). He is married to Amna Ali, the daughter of Nadir Ali, the renowned punjabi poet and fiction writer. They have a two year shaitan named Amar Tauseeq Sheikh who's already humming Alamgir's pop tunes. Moazzam is one of the founding members of Another Subcontinent. Read "The Wind Carried It All Away" here. Discuss it here. (Biographical notes by Moazzam Sheikh. )