Razia Butt
Razia Butt 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. Some of her works have been adapted into television serials and films, including Bano.
Razia Butt
- Name
- Razia Butt رضیہ بٹ
- Born
- 19 May 1924
- Birthplace
- Rawalpindi, Punjab, British India
- Died
- 4 October 2012
- Place of death
- Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
- Occupation
- Writer, playwright, novelist
- Nationality
- Pakistan · British Raj
- Known for
- Bano
- Languages
- Urdu
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• Name — Razia Butt رضیہ بٹ • Born — 19 May 1924 • Birthplace — Rawalpindi, Punjab, British India • Died — 4 October 2012 • Place of death — Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan • Occupation — Writer, playwright, novelist • Genre — Fiction • Subject — Socialism, romance • Notable Works — Saiqa, Naila, Bano, Najia
Documentary record
Razia Butt, born in 1924, is documented in the authority records of the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek. The birth is recorded by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek.
Background
Background
Razia Niaz was born in Rawalpindi on 19 May 1924. She spent most of her childhood in Peshawar.
Career
Career
Her writings first appeared in a literary journal around 1940 when she was in her teens. She later developed her first published story into a novel, Naila. Butt also wrote radio plays. Films such as Naila, and Saiqa and television serials such as Saiqa and Dastaan are based on her novels. Married in 1946, Razia Butt resumed writing in 1950s after a break of some years. She wrote 51 novels and 350 short stories. Butt wrote an autobiography, Bichhray Lamhe.
Death
Death
Razia Butt died in Lahore on 4 October 2012 after a protracted illness.
Novels
Novels
• Aadhi Kahani (Lit: Half a story) • Aag (Lit: Fire) • Aaina (Lit: Mirror) • Aneela • Bano (adapted as TV drama Dastan) • Beena • Chahat • Darling • Faslay (Lit: Distances) • Mein kon hon (Lit: Who am I?) • Naila • Najia • Nasoor • Noreena • Reeta • Roop • Sabeen • Saiqa (novel) • Wehshi • Samina • Sawaneh • Shabbo • Zindgi (Lit: Life) • Amma (Mother) (adapted as TV drama written by Ahmed Naveed) • Mehru • Zari
Others
Others
• Bichhray Lamhe (autobiography)
Television
Television
• Amma (mother) dramatized by drama writer Ahmed Naveed.PTV • Bano as Dastaan – Hum TV 2010 • Naila • Noerena (PTV 1995) • Saiqa – Hum TV – 2009 • Wehshi (HUM TV) 2022
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Rawalpindi.
Birth place
Lahore.
Death place
Films
• Naila (1965) • Saiqa (1968) • Anila (1969) • Noreen (1970) • Mohabbat (1972) • Khalish (1972) • Payasa (1973) • Mohabbat ho to aisi (1989) • Gulabo (2008)
Awards
• 1969 - Nigar Award for Best Scriptwriter of Saiqa. • 2012 - Hum Honorary Most Challenging Subject Award for Dastaan
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- 1.Popularity, literary finesse and some Urdu bestsellers. dawn.com. 2021-10-19.
- 2.Abbas Akhtar. Writer & Novelist Razia Butt in Brunch w/ Bushra P-3/5. Vidpk.com. 18 May 2008.
- 3.Dastaan: History on TV. Express Tribune. 2011-09-24.
- 4.Samaa Tv. Great Urdu novelist Razia Butt passes away aged 89.
- 5.Paklinks.com. Razia Butt is no more. 5 October 2012.
- 6.Rayan Khan (July 10, 2011). Rasheed Butt: The life and times of a calligrapher, The Express Tribune
- 7.عارف وقار بی بی سی اردو ڈاٹ کام، لاہور. BBC Urdu – فن فنکار – ناول نگار رضیہ بٹ انتقال کر گئیں. Bbc.co.uk. 1 January 1970.
- 8.Gul, Aijaz. Lok Virsa to screen classical film 'Saiqa' tomorrow. The News. January 4, 2019.
- 9.Hasan, Taneeya. Dastaan: History on TV. Express Tribune. September 24, 2011.
- 10.The News Tribe. Novelist Razia Butt passes away at 89. 5 October 2012.
- 11.Dawn.Com. Novelist Razia Butt is no more. 5 October 2012.
- 12.شائستہ جلیل، کراچی. مشہور ناول نگار رضیہ بٹ انتقال کرگئیں. Urduvoa.com. 4 October 2012.
- 13.The Nation. Novelist Razia Butt dies at 89. 5 October 2012.
- 14.Central Asia Online. Fiction writer Razia Butt dies. 5 October 2012.
- 15.Gul, Aijaz. Lok Virsa to screen classical film 'Saiqa' tomorrow. The News. January 4, 2019.
- 16.THE NIGAR AWARDS 1957 - 1971. The Hot Spot.
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