Razia Butt
Pakistani novelist and playwright (1924-2012)
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Razia Butt (Urdu: رضیہ بٹ) was an Urdu novelist and playwright from Pakistan. One of the famous popular fiction writer of the 1960s and 1970s, she is often compared with English writer Barbara Cartland due to her popularity among the household readers.[1][2][3]
Some of her works have been adapted into television serials and films, including Bano.[4]
Background
Razia Niaz was born in Rawalpindi on 19 May 1924.[5] She spent most of her childhood in Peshawar.[6]
Career
Her writings first appeared in a literary journal around 1940 when she was in her teens.[7] She later developed her first published story into a novel, Naila.[2] Butt also wrote radio plays. Films such as Naila, and Saiqa and television serials such as Saiqa and Dastaan are based on her novels.[2][8][9]
Married in 1946, Razia Butt resumed writing in 1950s after a break of some years. She wrote 51 novels and 350 short stories.[10]
Death
Bibliography
Novels
- Aadhi Kahani (Lit: Half a story)
- Aag (Lit: Fire)
- Aaina (Lit: Mirror)
- Aneela
- Bano (adapted as TV drama Dastan)[citation needed]
- Beena
- Chahat
- Darling
- Faslay (Lit: Distances)
- Mein kon hon (Lit: Who am I?)
- Naila
- Najia
- Nasoor
- Noreena
- Reeta
- Roop
- Sabeen
- Saiqa (novel)
- Wehshi
- Samina
- Sawaneh
- Shabbo
- Zindgi (Lit: Life)
- Amma (Mother) (adapted as TV drama written by Ahmed Naveed)[citation needed]
- Mehru
- Zari
Others
- Bichhray Lamhe (autobiography)
Dramatisation of works
Television
Films
Awards
- 1969 - Nigar Award for Best Scriptwriter of Saiqa.[15][16]
- 2012 - Hum Honorary Most Challenging Subject Award for Dastaan