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Intizar Hussain

Died in 2016

Intizar Hussain was born in Dibai, in the district of Bulandshahr, in 1923 according to the AFP as carried by Al-Ahram (or in 1925), and made his way to Pakistan in 1947. Settled in Lahore, he wrote short stories, novels and literary columns, notably for the daily Dawn, and became one of the best-known writers in the Urdu language. He frequented the city's literary cafés while keeping away from the two camps that then divided its letters. He died in Lahore on 2 February 2016.

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