Qurratulain Haider
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Qurratulain Haider (b. 1927, also written Qurat-ul-ain) is an Indian writer of Urdu fiction. She was born at Aligarh in Uttar Pradesh and went to Delhi's Indraprastha College. She has written 12 novels and novellas, and many short stories. Her best known novel is the epic Aag ki Darya (The River of Fire), a massive historical tale that moves from the fourth century BC to the modern period, and which the author herself translated into English. She also wrote a biography of the Hindustani classical vocalist Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, with Minati Gulati.
She has won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1967, and received the Jnanpith Award in 1989 for her novel Akhir-e-Shab ki Hamsafar (they who travel together into the night). She is also a Padma Shri.
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