About
The renowned Pakistani novelist, short-story writer, playwright, travel enthusiast, travelogue writer, columnist, pioneer morning TV show presenter, TV host, pioneer trekker โ in his own words: a vagabond, former radio host and TV actor Mustansar Hussain Tarar was born on 1st March, 1939 in a small village Jokalian (Tilla Jogiyan), Gujrat. His family hailed from Mandi Bahauddin. He was raised in Lahore. His father, Rehmat Tarar, ran a small agricultural seed store by the name of "Kisan & company" that later flourished to a major business. Mustansar Hussain Tarar received his education from Rang Mahal Mission High School, Muslim Model High School, Government College, Lahore and then pursued higher studies in London.
In 1957, Mustansar Hussain Tarar attended the World Youth Festival in Moscow and wrote a novelette โ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ต๐ขโ (Dove) about the horrors of war in the backdrop of Moscow of Soviet Era. In 1971 his first travelogue โ๐๐ช๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฆ๐บ ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ข๐ด๐ฉ ๐๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏโ was published, which led to a new trend of travelogues in Urdu literature. So far he has over forty travelogues to his credit.
Mustansar Hussain Tarar has written more than 50 books up-till now including novels and a collection of short stories in his career. He has been honored with: Presidential award of Pride of Performance (1992), Prime Minister's award for the Best Novelist for his novel โ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ฉโ (1999), Life time achievement award of ๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ช ๐๐ฏ๐ซ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฉ-๐ฆ-๐๐ณ๐ฅ๐ถ ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฃ Doha (Qatar) Award, Gold Medal by Moscow State University for Literary Achievements, ๐๐ช๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐ข-๐ช-๐๐ฎ๐ต๐ช๐ข๐ป (Star of Excellence) in Literature by the President of Pakistan (2017), ๐๐ข๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ-๐ฆ-๐๐ถ๐ฏ ๐๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ (Lifetime Achievement Award) (2022), shared with Ashu Lal Faqeer, but he (Mustansar Hussain Tarar) refused to take โhalf awardโ.
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