Najam Abbasi

Dr. Najam Abbasi (Sindhi: ڊاڪٽر نجم عباسي‎) was born on 18 October 1927 at Khan Wahanr, Naushahro Feroze District,^[1] Sindh. He was a famous story writer, novelist, critic and essayist. He died on 25 October 1995.^[2]

Education

He had passed matriculation in 1946, Intermediate examination in 1948 from Karachi and MBBS in 1953 from Dow Medical College.^[3]

Medical career

Dr. Najam Abbasi did Government Job for six years and then started private charitable hospital^[4] in Hyderabad, Sindh in 1959.

Literary career

His literary career started with his studentship in 1941 as a poet. Up to 1948 he had written over one hundred poems, some of these published in Sindhi newspapers and magazines. He concentrated on prose and emerged as a story writer. He wrote his first story in 1944, before that he had written one novel "Eshq ji Raah Anrangi" (Path of Love is complicated). Dr. Najam Abbasi was one of few literary figures of Sindh who had seen three generations regarding socio political societies, one was before partition of Indo-Pak, the other one was during partition and last one is after Partition of India. On the basis of his experiences and research he has depicted the conditions and scenario of urban and rural lives of Sindh. He has not only highlighted national issues but also written many stories on international topics. His stories are the echo of the pains of deprived class, sentiments and hopes of helpless, cry of social values. He produced and inspired a big number of young readers who took inspiration from him and started writing.^[5]

Publications

Dr. Najam Abbasi wrote more than 350 short stories on different themes.^[6] There are thirty books on credit of him, some of them are: “Toofan ji tammana”, Sooraj Hoondy murjhayal”, lalkar”, “Piyar kahani”, “Bulandiyoon”,^[7] “Professor”, “Ooncha Gaat Paharran ja”^[8] a famous critic book “Tassawuf ji Cheer Phar”^[9]

Death

He died on 25 October 1995 in Hyderabad, Sindh.^[10]

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