Altaf Fatima

Altaf Fatima الطاف فاطمہ
Born	1929 Lucknow, India
Occupation	novelist
Nationality	Pakistan

Altaf Fatima (Urdu: الطاف فاطمہ‎; born 1929 in Lucknow, British India) is an Urdu novelist, short-story writer, and teacher (specializing in Muhammad Iqbal). Her novel Dastak Na Do ("Do not knock") is regarded as one of the defining works in the Urdulanguage.^{[citation needed]} An adaptation was presented on Pakistan television and an abridged translation was serialised by the Karachi monthly, Herald.

Life and career[edit]

Early life[edit]

Altaf Fatima was the second of four children born in a Muslim household in Lucknow, India, to Mohammad Fazle Amin and his wife Mumtaz Jahan.^{[citation needed]}

Later life[edit]

She is currently resident in Lahore, Pakistan. She retired as a professor of Urdu, but continues her literary work.^{[citation needed]}

Additional information[edit]

Altaf Fatima's novel Dastak Na Do has been translated into English by Rukhsana Ahmed.

Works[edit]

Novels

• Nishaan-i-Mehfil
• Dastak Naa Do (do not knock)
• Chulta Musafir
• Khwabger

Collection of Short Stories

• Woh Jisay Chaha Gaya
• Jub Diwaaren Girya Kurti Hain
• Taar-i-Unkaboot

Translations

• To Kill A Mocking Bird into Urdu
• Barrey Aadmi, Aur Unke Nazariyat, a collection of political essays