{"id":254896,"date":"2007-08-22T19:49:34","date_gmt":"2007-08-22T19:49:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wdev.rochester.edu\/College\/translation\/threepercent-dev\/2007\/08\/22\/obituary-qurratulain-hyder\/"},"modified":"2018-04-16T17:38:46","modified_gmt":"2018-04-16T17:38:46","slug":"obituary-qurratulain-hyder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/College\/translation\/threepercent\/2007\/08\/22\/obituary-qurratulain-hyder\/","title":{"rendered":"Obituary: Qurratulain Hyder"},"content":{"rendered":"

A leading writer of Urdu fiction, Qurratulain Hyder died at the age of 80. Along with her short stories, she was the author of 12 novels.<\/p>\n

From the BBC<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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The theme of many of Hyder’s books was the pain caused by the partition of the Indian subcontinent.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Her best known novel is the epic Aag ka dariya (River of Fire) – a massive historical tale that moves between the fourth century BC to the modern day.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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The book, originally written in Urdu, was later translated into English by the author herself. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

River of Fire<\/i> is available in the States from New Directions. It didn’t receive a ton of attention, but the reviews it got were quite decent<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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