Salim Mirza, Author at The LINGO LEXICON

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Salim Mirza

Salim Mirza, born on 27th December 1966 in Kamonke, District Gujranwala, Punjab, Pakistan, is primarily a painting artist and also a Urdu humorist. His writings are mostly humorous. He writes irregularly, but excellent humorous texts within the limits of ethics. He got his early education from Govt. High School Kamunke but could not pass his Matriculation. Painting is his full time profession. Salim Mirza has written his autobiography with a humoristic title “𝘔𝘰𝘩𝘣𝘢𝘵 𝘒𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘢𝘬 𝘏𝘢𝘪” (Love is an Allergen), yet to be published. His wife Rabia Salim is a short story writer. She gives a touch of humors to her stories.

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Najam-uddin Ahmad

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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When Mom left, switching off the light in the room. My fancies brightened, and sleep flew far away. And, there was a turning around girl’s gaze that continued hugging throughout the night.
After that, if I would lie down even during the day time with my eyes closed resting my head on my arm, she would appear before my eyes instantaneously.