Author: Najmul Hasan Rizvi
Date of birth: April23, 1944
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Najmul Hasan Rizvi is an English language journalist and a bilingual fiction writer, columnist and broadcaster. He retired from Khaleej Times, Dubai in 2008 as Assistant Editor after serving with the newspaper for more than 25 years. Currently, he lives in Karachi.
He is an award winning author, with six collections of short stories, a novel and two anthologies of humorous essays and satirical TV columns to his credit. Still writing a column, Mr Right, a political satire, in Khaleej Times, Dubai.
Books:Novel : Marvi Aur Marjina (2011). Short Stories: Chashme Tamasha (1982), Hath Bachney Waley(1994), Pursay Ka Mausam(1997), Internet Cafe (2002), Oxygen (2008), Darya Ka Ghar (2011). Humour: Hamara Badmashi Nizam (1998), Mazrat kay Sath-TV columns (2007). Literary Articles: Harf-e-Tazah (2010). Children's Stories: Moon Comes to Earth (2011) Awards: Hijra Award from the Pakistan Academy of Letters, Islamabad on Haath Bechney Waley(1994), Salim Jafri International Award from Majlis-e-Farogh-e-Urdu Adab, Qatar (1998). National Book Foundation, Pakistan Award on 'Moon Comes to Earth' (2011).
