Urdu-language novelists

Dhanpat Rai Srivastava (31 July 1880 – 8 October 1936), better known as Munshi Premchand based on his pen name Premchand (), was an Indian writer famous for his modern Hindustani literature.

Indian writer

Indian writer (1927–2007)

Pakistani writer

Pakistani writer

writer (1924-2012)

Pakistani philosopher, novelist (1925-2004)

Pakistani writer (1927-1982)

Pakistani writer

Indian writer

Ibn-e-Safi, also spelt Ibne Safi, was the pen name of Asrar Ahmad (, 26 July 1928 – 26 July 1980), a Pakistani fiction writer, novelist, and poet who wrote in Urdu. The name Ibn-e-Safi is a Persian expression meaning “Son of Safi,” with Safi translating to “chaste” or “righteous.”

Pakistani writer

Urdu poet and writer

Pakistani writer and actor

Pakistani journalist

Pakistani writer (1914-1996)

Indian writer, novelist (1910–1996)

Indian author

Pakistani writer (1905–1995)

Indian writer and magazine editor (1846–1903)

Indian translator (1748–1806)

Pakistani Urdu writer

Indian novelist

Indian Urdu poet

Pakistani writer (1936–2012)

Pakistani writer

Pakistani writer

writer (1931–2015)

Indian writer

Urdu writer/critic/scholar

Indian writer

Pakistani writer

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