List of Urdu writers

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This is a list of Urdu language writers arranged in order of their birth.

Mirza Ghalib (1796-1869)
Sir Syed Ahmed Khan (1817-1898) : founder of Aligarh Muslim University
Muhammad Husain Azad (1830-1910) : founder of criticism in Urdu and author of Ab-e Hayat
Mira Farhatullah Baig (1830-1947)
Zakaullah (1832-1910)
Deputy Nazir Ahmad (1836-1912) : one of the earliest novelists in Urdu
Mohsin-ul-Mulk (1837-1907)
Altaf Hussain Hali (1837-1914)
Chiragh Ali (1846-1895)
Shibli Nomani (1857-1914) : famous for his books of Seerah of Prophet Muhammad
Abdul Halim Sharar (1860-1926) : Author of Firdaus-e Bareen, translated as Paradise of the Assassins (Karachi:OUP) 2005
Amrita Pritam [1919-Nov,1 2005]

Born to a Sikh family in Gujranwala, Pakistan, in 1919, Ms Pritam crossed to India after the partition of the sub-continent in 1947. Moving to Delhi, she began writing in Hindi and also worked for the state-owned All India Radio till 1961.