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Najam-uddin Ahmad is Urdu novelist and short story writer. He has published three novel: ๐๐ถ๐ฅ๐ง๐ถ๐ฏ (The Burials) in 2006, ๐๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ซ (The Explore) in 2016, and ๐๐ข๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ (The Partners) in 2019, and two collections of short stories: ๐๐ข๐ฐ ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ช ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ (Brother, Letโs play) in 2013 and ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ข๐ณ ๐ข๐ถ๐ณ ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ด๐ณ๐ข๐บ ๐๐ง๐ด๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐บ (Flee and Other Short Stories) in 2017. Presently, he has been working on his Urdu novel, ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ข ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ต. 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 โThe Book of Dede Korkutโ 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 (๐๐ข๐ฐ ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ช ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ), 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 ๐๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ซ was also short listed for 7th UBL Excellence Award, 2017.
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