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'''Manzoor Ahtesham''' (3 April 1948 – 26 April 2021) was an Indian writer of [[Hindi literature]] known for his depiction of the lives of the Indian Muslim community in independent India.<ref name="Pratilipi">{{cite web | url=http://pratilipi.in/manzoor-ahtesham/ | title=Pratilipi | publisher=Pratilipi | date=2015 | access-date=12 February 2015}}</ref><ref name="National Endowment">{{cite web | url=http://arts.gov/writers-corner/bio/jason-grunebaum | title=National Endowment | publisher=National Endowment for the Arts | date=2015 | access-date=12 February 2015}}</ref>

== Life ==
Manzoor Ahtesham was born on 3 April 1948 in [[Bhopal]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-04-26|title=Manzoor Ahtesham: मशहूर लेखक और उपन्यासकार मंजूर एहतेशाम का निधन|url=https://www.naidunia.com/madhya-pradesh/bhopal-padmashri-manzoor-ehtesham-passed-away-6818514|access-date=2021-05-09|website=Nai Dunia|language=hi}}</ref><ref name=nytobit>{{Cite news|last=Seelye|first=Katharine Q.|date=2021-05-08|title=Manzoor Ahtesham, Writer Who Brought Bhopal to Life, Dies at 73|language=en-US|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/08/obituaries/manzoor-ahtesham-dead-coronavirus.html|access-date=2021-05-09|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> He studied at [[Aligarh Muslim University]] and a predecessor of [[Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology]].<ref name=nytobit/>

He died on 26 April 2021 in Bhopal.<ref name=nytobit/>

== Literary career ==
Ahtesham was the author of five novels and several short story anthologies and plays. His major works are:<ref name="Pratilipi" />
* Kuch Din Aur (Novel - 1976)<ref name="Kuch Din Aur">{{cite book | url=http://www.hindibook.com/index.php?p=sr&Uc=HB-18328 | title=Kuch Din Aur | publisher=Hindi Book Centre | author=Manzoor Ehtesham | year=1999}}</ref>
* Sukha Bargad (Novel - 1986)<ref name="Sukha Bargad">{{cite book | url=http://www.hindibook.com/index.php?p=sr&Uc=HB-32255 | title=Sukha Bargad | publisher=Hindi Book Centre | author=Manzoor Ehtesham | year=2009 | pages=225 | isbn=9788126717620}}</ref>
* Dastan-e Lapata (Novel - 1995)<ref name="Dastan-E-Lapata">{{cite book | url=http://www.hindibook.com/index.php?p=sr&Uc=HB-09142 | title=Dastan-E-Lapata | publisher=Hindi Book Centre | author=Manzoor Ehtesham | year=1995 | pages=245 | isbn=9788171789290}}</ref>
* Basharat Manzil (Novel - 2004)<ref name="Basharat Manzil">{{cite book | url=http://www.hindibook.com/index.php?p=sr&Uc=HB-04779 | title=Basharat Manzil | publisher=Hindi Book Centre | author=Manzoor Ehtesham | year=2004 | pages=251 | isbn=9788126708840}}</ref>
* Pahar Dhalte (Novel - 2007)<ref name="Pahar Dhalte">{{cite book | url=http://www.hindibook.com/index.php?p=sr&Uc=HB-23660 | title=Pahar Dhalte | publisher=Hindi Book Centre | author=Manzoor Ehtesham | year=2007 | pages=115 | isbn=9788126713226}}</ref>
* Ramzan Mein Ek Maut (Short story anthology - 1982)
* Tasbeeh (Short story anthology - 1998)<ref name="Tasbeeh">{{cite book | url=http://www.hindibook.com/index.php?p=sr&Uc=HB-33165 | title=Tasbeeh | publisher=Hindi Book Centre | author=Manzoor Ehtesham | year=1998}}</ref>
* Tamasha Tatha Anya Kahaniyan (Short story anthology - 2001)<ref name="Tamasha Tatha Anya Kahaniyan">{{cite book | url=http://www.hindibook.com/index.php?p=sr&Uc=HB-33054 | title=Tamasha Tatha Anya Kahaniyan | publisher=Hindi Book Centre | author=Manzoor Ehtesham | year=2001 | pages=147 | isbn=9788126701230}}</ref>
* Ek Tha Badshah (Play - 1980)

''Sukha Bargad'' has been translated into English under the name, ''A Dying Banyan'', by Kuldip Singh<ref name="Manzoor Ahtesham: A Dying Banyan">{{cite book | url=https://www.amazon.com/Manzoor-Ahtesham-A-Dying-Banyan/dp/B006IDLXBI | title=Manzoor Ahtesham: A Dying Banyan | publisher=Rupa and Co. | author=Kuldip Singh | year=2005 | pages=208 | asin=B006IDLXBI}}</ref> while ''Dastan E Lapata'' has been translated by Jason Grunebaum and Ulrike Stark under the title ''The Tale of the Missing Man''.<ref name="Pratilipi" /><ref name="National Endowment" /> In 2007, ''[[New York (magazine)|New York]]'' magazine cited the book as one of the best novels not yet available in English.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Milzoff|first1=Rebecca|title=Lost in Un-Translation|url=http://nymag.com/arts/books/features/33136/|website=New York magazine|publisher=New York Media LLC|access-date=12 November 2017}}</ref> Grunebaum and Stark's translation was issued by [[Northwestern University Press]] in 2018.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Tale of the Missing Man A Novel|url=http://www.nupress.northwestern.edu/content/tale-missing-man|website=Northwestern University Press|publisher=Northwestern University|access-date=12 November 2017}}</ref>

== Awards ==
Ahtesham was a recipient of several awards such as Bharatiya Bhasha Parishad Puruskar, Shrikant Verma Smriti Samman, Virsingh Deo Award, Vageshwari Award, Shikhar Samman, Pahal Samman and Maithilee Sharan Gupt Award 2017–2018.<ref name="Pratilipi" /> He received the [[Padma Shri]], the fourth-highest Indian civilian award, in 2003.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Padma Awards |date=2015 |access-date=6 February 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 November 2014 }}</ref>

==References==
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==Further reading==
* {{cite book | url=http://www.hindibook.com/index.php?p=sr&Uc=HB-18328 | title=Kuch Din Aur | publisher=Hindi Book Centre | author=Manzoor Ehtesham | year=1999}}
* {{cite book | url=http://www.hindibook.com/index.php?p=sr&Uc=HB-32255 | title=Sukha Bargad | publisher=Hindi Book Centre | author=Manzoor Ehtesham | year=2009 | pages=225 | isbn=9788126717620}}
* {{cite book | url=http://www.hindibook.com/index.php?p=sr&Uc=HB-09142 | title=Dastan-E-Lapata | publisher=Hindi Book Centre | author=Manzoor Ehtesham | year=1995 | pages=245 | isbn=9788171789290}}
* {{cite book | url=http://www.hindibook.com/index.php?p=sr&Uc=HB-04779 | title=Basharat Manzil | publisher=Hindi Book Centre | author=Manzoor Ehtesham | year=2004 | pages=251 | isbn=9788126708840}}
* {{cite book | url=http://www.hindibook.com/index.php?p=sr&Uc=HB-23660 | title=Pahar Dhalte | publisher=Hindi Book Centre | author=Manzoor Ehtesham | year=2007 | pages=115 | isbn=9788126713226}}
* {{cite book | url=http://www.hindibook.com/index.php?p=sr&Uc=HB-33165 | title=Tasbeeh | publisher=Hindi Book Centre | author=Manzoor Ehtesham | year=1998}}
* {{cite book | url=http://www.hindibook.com/index.php?p=sr&Uc=HB-33054 | title=Tamasha Tatha Anya Kahaniyan | publisher=Hindi Book Centre | author=Manzoor Ehtesham | year=2001 | pages=147 | isbn=9788126701230}}

==External links==
* {{cite web | url=http://www.hindibook.com/index.php?String=MANZOOR%20EHTESHAM&p=sr&Field=author | title=Profile on Hindi Book Centre | publisher=Profile on Hindi Book Centre | date=2015 | access-date=12 February 2015}}
* {{cite web | url=http://www.rajkamalprakashan.com/index.php?p=sr&Field=author&String=Manzoor%20Ehtesham | title=Rajkamal Prakashan Profile | publisher=Rajkamal Prakashan | date=2015 | access-date=12 February 2015}}

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[[Category:Indian male short story writers]]
[[Category:Aligarh Muslim University alumni]]
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[[Category:20th-century Indian short story writers]]
[[Category:Novelists from Madhya Pradesh]]
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[[Category:Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in India]]

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