Saliha Abid Hussain | |
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Born | India |
Occupation | Novelist |
Known for | Urdu literature |
Awards | Padma Shri |
Saliha Abid Hussain (1913 - 1988) was an Indian writer of Urdu literature, [1] considered by many to be one of the prominent writers of modern Urdu novels and children's literature. [2] [3] She is the author of works such as Azra, [4] Rekhta, [5] Yadgaray hali [6] Baat Cheet [7] and Jane Walon ki Yad Ati Hai. [8] The Government of India awarded her the fourth highest Indian civilian honour of Padma Shri in 1983. [9] Her life has been documented in a biography, Saliha Abid Hussain, written by Sughra Mehdi and published in 1993. [10]
Her writing covered many subjects, including women's rights, and according to her niece Dr Sayeda Hameed, who curated the exhibition Pathbreakers: The 20th Century Muslim Women of India at the Bangalore International Centre in 2020, "She spoke out against Triple Talaq and other subjects fearlessly." [11]