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Razia Butt (Urdu: رضیہ بٹ) was an Urdu novelist and playwright from Pakistan. One of the famous popular fiction writer of the 1960s and 1970s, she is often compared with English writer Barbara Cartland due to her popularity among the household readers.[1][2][3]
Razia Butt رضیہ بٹ | |
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Born | Wazirabad, Punjab, British India | 19 May 1924
Died | 4 October 2012 88) Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan | (aged
Occupation | Writer, playwright, novelist |
Nationality | Pakistani |
Genre | Fiction |
Subject | Socialism, romance |
Notable works | Saiqa, Naila, Bano, Najia |
Some of her works have been adapted into television serials and films, including Bano.[4]
Razia Niaz was born in Wazirabad on 19 May 1924.[5] She spent most of her childhood in Peshawar.[6]
She first appeared in a literary journal around 1940 when she was in her teens.[7] She later developed her first published story into a novel, Naila.[2] Butt also wrote radio plays. Films such as Naila, Saiqa and television serials such as Saiqa and Dastaan are based on her novels.[2][8][9]
Married in 1946, Razia Butt resumed writing in 1950s after a break of some years. She wrote 51 novels and 350 short stories.[10]
Razia Butt died in Lahore on 4 October 2012 after a protracted illness.[13][14]
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