Rasheed Amjad

Article summary

Rasheed Amjad (Urdu: ) was an Urdu fiction writer, critic and scholar. He was born on 5 March 1940 in Srinagar, and migrated to Pakistan after independence, He later lived in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. He has received awards from Pakistan and India. He was also an editor of literary Urdu research magazines Daryaft and Takhilqui adab. His autobiography Aashiqi sabr talab was published in 2015.

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1. date of birth: 1940-03-05 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
2. date of death: 2021-03-03 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
3. publication date: 2015 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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Bibliography

1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371542486