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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Jeelani Bano<br />
| image = Jilani Bano.jpg<br />
| caption = Bano in 1999<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|1936|7|14|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Budaun]], United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, British India<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|2026|3|1|1936|7|14|df=y}}<br />
| death_place = [[Hyderabad]], Telangana, India<br />
| occupation = {{hlist|Litterateur|novelist|author}}<br />
| known for = Novel, short story<br />
| awards = [[Padma Shri]]<br />Andhra Pradesh Sahitya Akademi Award<br />Soviet Land Nehru Award<br />Qaumi Haali Award<br /> NTR national Literary Award<br />
}}<br />
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'''Jeelani Bano''' (14 July 1936 – 1 March 2026) was an Indian writer and novelist. She wrote in Urdu, Hindi, Gujarati and Telugu. Bano received the fourth highest [[Indian honours system|Indian civilian award]] of [[Padma Shri]] in 2001.<br />
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==Early life and education==<br />
Jeelani Bano was born on 14 July 1936 in [[Badayun]],<ref name="Urdu Youth Forum">{{cite web |date=2014 |title=Urdu Youth Forum |url=http://urduyouthforum.org/biography/biography-Jeelani-Bano.html |access-date=12 January 2015 |publisher=Urdu Youth Forum}}</ref> in [[United Provinces of Agra and Oudh]] to Hairat Badayuni,<ref name="Allamah Hairat Badayuni : hayat aur adabi khidmat">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IUAMAQAAIAAJ | title=Allamah Hairat Badayuni: hayat aur adabi khidmat | publisher=Adabi Markaz | author=Rashīduddīn | year=1979 | pages=125}}</ref> a known Urdu poet.<ref name="Yalaburi">{{cite web |date=2014 |title=Yalaburi |url=http://yabaluri.org/TRIVENI/CDWEB/jeelanibanojan2006.htm |access-date=12 January 2015 |publisher=Yalaburi}}</ref> After her schooling, she enrolled for intermediate course when she married Anwar Moazzam, a poet of repute and a former head of the Department of Islamic Studies at the [[Osmania University]] and shifted to [[Hyderabad]].<ref name="The Hindu">{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/society/revolutionary-road/article2814177.ece | title=The Hindu | website=[[The Hindu]] | date=19 January 2012 | access-date=12 January 2015}}</ref> She continued her education to secure a master's degree (MA) in Urdu.<ref name="Muse India">{{cite web |date=2014 |title=Muse India |url=http://www.museindia.com/authprofile.asp?id=493 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304034615/http://www.museindia.com/authprofile.asp?id=493 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |access-date=12 January 2015 |publisher=Muse India}}</ref><ref name="Urdu Youth Forum" /><br />
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== Career ==<br />
Bano started writing at an early age, reported to be at the age of eight,<ref name="The Hindu" /> and her first story, ''Ek Nazar Idhar Bhi'' (A Glance Hither), was published in 1952.<ref name="Yalaburi" /> She is credited with 22 books comprising anthologies starting with ''Roshni ke Minar'' and novels beginning with ''Aiwaan-e-ghazal''. Her list of books include an autobiography, ''Afzane''<ref name="Autobiography">{{cite web | url=http://urduyouthforum.org/afsane/afsana_writer-Jeelani-Bano.html | title=Autobiography | publisher=Urdu Youth Forum | date=2014 | access-date=12 January 2015}}</ref> and a collection of her correspondence with other writers, ''Door ki Aawaazen''.<ref name="Yalaburi" /><ref name="The Hindu" /> One of her stories, ''Narsayya Ki Bavdi'', has been made into a 2009 feature film, [[Well Done Abba]] by the renowned filmmaker, [[Shyam Benegal]].<ref name="The Hindu" /><ref name="Well Done Abba">{{cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1397492/fullcredits#writers | title=Well Done Abba | publisher=IMDB | date=2014 | access-date=12 January 2015}}</ref> Many of her books have been translated into other languages.<ref name="Muse India" /><ref name="The Hindu" /><ref name="The Alien Home and Other Stories">{{cite book | title=The Alien Home and Other Stories | publisher=National Book Trust | author=Jeelani Bano | year=2004 | asin=B003DRJGAC}}</ref><ref name="A Hail of Stones">{{cite book | title=A Hail of Stones | publisher=Sterling Publishers | author=Jeelani Bano | year=1988 | isbn=978-8120718371}}</ref><br />
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Jeelani Bano, a former Chairperson of the non governmental organization for women's rights, ''Asmita'',<ref name="The Hindu" /> lived in [[Banjara Hills]], Hyderabad.<ref name="Yalaburi" /><ref name="Urdu Youth Forum" /> She was also associated with ''Youth for Action'' of which she was a former chairperson, ''Child and Women Human Rights'', a forum of the International Human Rights Association of India as its principal advisor<ref name="The Hindu" /> and maintains associations with radio and television.<ref name="Muse India" /><br />
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== Death ==<br />
Bano died on 1 March 2026, at the age of 89.<ref>[https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/renowned-urdu-writer-jeelani-bano-passes-away-at-90/article70692446.ece Renowned Urdu writer Jeelani Bano passes away at 90]</ref><br />
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== Awards and recognitions ==<br />
Bano received the Andhra Pradesh Sahitya Akademi Award in 1960, followed by the Soviet Land Nehru Award in 1985.<ref name="Yalaburi" /><ref name="Muse India" /><br />
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She received the Qaumi Haali Award from the Haryana Urdu Academy in 1989.<ref name="Yalaburi" /><ref name="Muse India" /><br />
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The [[Government of India]] honoured her with the civilian award of [[Padma Shri]] in 2001.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web |date=2014 |title=Padma Awards |url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 October 2015 |access-date=11 November 2014 |publisher=Padma Awards}}</ref><br />
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==Selected works==<br />
She had been writing since 1954 in Hindi, Urdu, Gujarati and Telugu.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2014-05-31 |title=Entangled in a snare |url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/literary-review/entangled-in-a-snare/article6069743.ece |access-date=2024-12-07 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Afreen |first=Saima |date=2018-07-10 |title=Jeelani Bano Now in Telugu |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/hyderabad/2018/Jul/09/jeelani-bano-now-in-telugu-1840828.html |access-date=2024-12-07 |website=The New Indian Express |language=en}}</ref><br />
* {{Cite book |last=Bānū |first=Jīlānī |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NxCuerDRo1AC |title=Raushni Kay Meenār |date=1958 |publisher=Naya Adara |language=ur}}<br />
* {{Cite book |last=Bano |first=Jeelani |url=https://www.rekhta.org/ebooks/detail/nirvaan-jilani-bano-ebooks |title=Nirvaan |publisher=Maktaba Jamia Limited |year=1963 |location=New Delhi |language=ur}}<br />
* {{Cite book |last=Bānū |first=Jīlānī |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A9IGAQAAIAAJ |title=Jugnū aur sitāre |date=1966 |publisher=Hind pākiṭ buks |language=ur}}<br />
* {{Cite book |last=Bano |first=Jeelani |url=https://www.rekhta.org/ebooks/detail/nirwan-jilani-bano-ebooks |title=Nirwan |publisher=Shaheen Publishers |year=1971 |location=AIlahabad |language=ur}}<br />
* {{Cite book |last=Bano |first=Jeelani |url=https://www.rekhta.org/ebooks/detail/naghme-ka-safar-chaar-novelette-jilani-bano-ebooks |title=Naghme Ka Safar: Chaar Novelette |publisher=Andhra Pradesh Sahitya Academy |year=1977 |location=Hyderabad |language=ur}}<br />
* {{Cite book |last=Bānū |first=Jīlānī |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q0AMAQAAIAAJ |title=Aivan-i ghazal |date=1976 |publisher=Maktab-i Jam'iah |language=ur}}<br />
* {{Cite book |last=Bano |first=Jeelani |url=https://www.rekhta.org/ebooks/detail/paraya-ghar-jilani-bano-ebooks |title=Paraya Ghar |publisher=Urdu Markaz |year=1979 |location=Hyderabad |language=ur}}<br />
* {{Cite book |last=Bānū |first=Jīlānī |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wn4eAAAAIAAJ |title=Pattharoṃ kī bāriśa |date=1987 |publisher=Vidyā Prakāśana Mandira |language=hi}}<br />
* {{Cite book |last=Bānū |first=Jīlānī |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-LIyAAAAIAAJ |title=Bārish-i sang: nāvil |date=1985 |publisher=Dāniyal |language=ur}}<br />
* {{Cite book |last=Bano |first=Jeelani |url=https://www.rekhta.org/ebooks/detail/roz-ka-qissa-jilani-bano-ebooks |title=Raz ka Qissa |publisher=Nafees Academy |year=1987 |location=Karachi |language=ur}}<br />
* {{Cite book |last=Bano |first=Jeelani |url=https://www.rekhta.org/ebooks/detail/ye-kaun-hansa-jilani-bano-ebooks |title=Ye Kaun Hansa? |publisher=Khoj |year=1992 |location=Lahore |language=ur}}<br />
* {{Cite book |last=Bānū |first=Jīlānī |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=krKEjxT028AC |title=A Hail of Stones |date=1996 |publisher=Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd |isbn=978-81-207-1837-1 |language=en}}<br />
* {{Cite book |last=Bano |first=Jeelani |url=https://www.rekhta.org/ebooks/detail/sach-ke-siwa-jilani-bano-ebooks |title=Sach Ke Siwa |publisher=Educational Publishing House |year=1997 |isbn=81-86232-47-8 |location=Delhi |language=ur}}<br />
* {{Cite book |last=Bano |first=Jeelani |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ISBN9788188413003 |title=Aiwaan-e-Ghazal |publisher=M. R. Publications |year=2003 |isbn=978-81-88413-00-3 |language=ur}}<br />
* {{Cite book |last=Bano |first=Jeelani |url=https://www.rekhta.org/ebooks/detail/kun-jilani-bano-ebooks-1 |title=Kun |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |year=2005 |isbn=978-0-19-547152-6 |edition=1st |language=ur}}<br />
* {{Cite book |last=Bano |first=Jeelani |url=https://www.rekhta.org/ebooks/detail/rasta-band-hai-jilani-bano-ebooks-1 |title=Rasta Band Hai |publisher=Educational Publishing House |year=2010 |isbn=978-81-8223-611-0 |edition=1st |location=Delhi |language=ur}}<br />
* {{Cite book |last=Bano |first=Jeelani |url=https://www.rekhta.org/ebooks/detail/rasta-band-hai-jilani-bano-ebooks |title=Rasta Band Hai |publisher=Educational Publishing House |year=2012 |isbn=978-81-8223-611-0 |location=Delhi |language=ur|edition=2nd}}<br />
* {{Cite book |last=Bano |first=Jeelani |url=https://www.rekhta.org/ebooks/detail/mein-kaun-hun-nau-umri-ke-wo-din-jilani-bano-ebooks |title=Mein Kaun Hun? Nau Umri Ke Wo Din |publisher=[[National Book Trust]] |year=2014 |isbn=978-81-237-7219-6 |edition=1st |location=New Delhi |language=ur}}<br />
* {{Cite book |last=Bano |first=Jeelani |url=https://www.rekhta.org/ebooks/detail/yaqeen-ke-aage-guman-ke-pichhe-jilani-bano-ebooks |title=Yaqeen Ke Aage Guman Ke Pichhe |publisher=Educational Publishing House |year=2014 |isbn=978-93-5073-436-0 |editor-last=Farrukhi |editor-first=Asif |location=Delhi |language=ur}}<br />
* {{Cite book |last=Bānū |first=Jīlānī |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ISBN9789388105422 |title=Baarish-e-Sang: Novel |publisher=Educational Publishing House |year=2018 |isbn=978-93-88105-42-2 |language=ur}}<br />
* {{Cite book |last=Bano |first=Jeelani |url=https://www.nbtindia.gov.in/books_detail__10__nehru-bal-pustakalaya__1269__jilani-bano-ki-do-bal-kahaniyan-hindi-.nbt |title=Jilani Bano Ki Do Bal Kahaniyan |publisher=[[National Book Trust]] |year=2019 |edition=5th |location=Delhi |language=hi}}<br />
* {{Cite book |last=Bano |first=Jeelani |url=https://www.rekhta.org/ebooks/detail/kimiya-e-dil-jilani-bano-ebooks |title=Kimiya-e-Dil |publisher=Educational Publishing House |year=2021 |isbn=978-93-91238-31-5 |location=Delhi |language=ur}}<br />
* Raat ke Musafir (short story anthology)<br />
* Tiryaaq (short story anthology)<br />
* Nayee Aurat (short story anthology)<br />
* Sach ke siva (short story anthology)<br />
* Baat Phoolon ki (short story anthology)<br />
* Dus Pratinidhi Kahaniyan (short story anthology) {{ISBN|9788189859244}}<br />
* Addu (short story anthology)<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Urdu literature]]<br />
* [[Well Done Abba]]<br />
{{portal|India|Literature}}<br />
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==References==<br />
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=== Bibliography ===<br />
* {{Cite journal |editor-last=Rasheed |editor-first=Shadab |title=Gosha-e-Jilani Bano, Irtiza Nishat |url=https://www.rekhta.org/ebooks/detail/naya-waraq-shumara-number-044-shadab-rasheed-magazines |journal=Naya Waraq |volume=17 |issue=44 |via=[[Rekhta (website)|Rekhta]]}}<br />
* {{Cite book |last=Akhtar |first=Nazia |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EURMzwEACAAJ |title=Bibi's Room: Hyderabadi Women and Twentieth-century Urdu Prose |publisher=[[Orient BlackSwan]] |year=2022 |isbn=978-93-5442-064-1 |language=en}}<br />
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==Further reading==<br />
* {{cite book | title=A Hail of Stones | publisher=Sterling Publishers | author=Jeelani Bano | year=1988 | isbn=978-8120718371}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
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