The Remorse — SHORT STORY 𝒃𝒚 Najam-uddin Ahmad
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Najam-uddin Ahmad is Urdu novelist and short story writer. He has published three novel: 𝘔𝘶𝘥𝘧𝘶𝘯 (The Burials) in 2006, 𝘒𝘩𝘰𝘫 (The Explore) in 2016, and 𝘚𝘢𝘩𝘦𝘦𝘮 (The Partners) in 2019, and two collections of short stories: 𝘈𝘢𝘰 𝘉𝘩𝘢𝘪 𝘒𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘪𝘯 (Brother, Let’s play) in 2013 and 𝘍𝘳𝘢𝘢𝘳 𝘢𝘶𝘳 𝘋𝘰𝘰𝘴𝘳𝘢𝘺 𝘈𝘧𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘺 (Flee and Other Short Stories) in 2017. Presently, he has been working on his Urdu novel, 𝘔𝘦𝘯𝘢 𝘑𝘦𝘦𝘵. A collection of Urdu Short Stories is also expected soon. He is also renowned for his translations into Urdu. Among other translations, he has recently translated the famous Turk epic “The Book of Dede Korkut” into Urdu, published by the Pakistan Academy of Letters. He has also translated a number of Urdu short stories into English. He has been bestowed with Pakistan Writers Guild Award, 2013 (𝘈𝘢𝘰 𝘉𝘩𝘢𝘪 𝘒𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘪𝘯), 7th UBL Excellence Award, 2017 (Translation of selected short stories of Nobel Laureates), and National Award of Translation, 2019 by the Pakistan Academy of Letters. His Novel 𝘒𝘩𝘰𝘫 was also short listed for 7th UBL Excellence Award, 2017.
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Munir Fayyaz is a prominent poet (Urdu and English), Translator, Critic and serving as Assistant Professor (English) in F. G. Colleges, Islamabad, Paksitan. He gives lectures on Literature and Translation Studies in leading University of the Capital City. He has recently edited special issue of “Pakistan Literature” (Contemporary Short Stories of Pakistan) published by Pakistan Academy of Letters. Munir Fayyaz is also a broadcaster at Radio Pakistan Islamabad and Panelist of Pakistan Television (World) for Literary Programs. He has been translating Pakistani Poetry and Fiction into English since 2009. His debut translations into Urdu are: Contemporary Chinese Short Stories, Kyrgyz Writer Cengiz Aitmatov’s novellas, An Anthology of Nepali Poets as “Nepal ki Aawa” (The Voice of Nepal). Morevoer, He has also written profiles of poets and writers of International fame: Naguib Mahfouz and John Ashberry, and the US Poet Laureates Tracy K. Smith and Juan Philipe Herrera.
Since Khalid Ahmad the Numberdar told me that Baba Fazal Din passed away the same day I had met him the last time, I am in a terrible state of agony. He gasped his last breathed during night.