Ghulam Abbas

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Ghulam Abbas was a prominent Urdu short story writer from Pakistan, renowned for his incisive social commentary and association with the Progressive Writers’ Movement.

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instanceOf Pakistani writer
Urdu short story writer
person
activeIn 20th‑century Urdu literature
associatedWith Progressive Writers’ Association
citizenshipChange from British Indian subject to Pakistani citizen after 1947 partition
countryOfCitizenship Pakistan
dateOfBirth 1909
dateOfDeath 1982
ethnicGroup Punjabi
fieldOfWork literature
radio broadcasting
genre short story
social realism
influenced later generations of Urdu short story writers
influencedBy Progressive literature
knownFor incisive social commentary in fiction
languageOfWriting Urdu
linked to: Urdu language
literaryTheme bureaucracy and corruption
partition of India
social inequality
urban life in the Indian subcontinent
movement Progressive Writers’ Movement
nameInUrdu غلام عباس
nationality Pakistani
notableFor Urdu short stories
notableWork Anandi
Dhanak
Hotel Mohenjodaro
Kan‑Kata
Overcoat
occupation short story writer
translator
writer
placeOfBirth Amritsar
British India
Punjab
placeOfDeath Karachi
Pakistan
Sindh
religion Islam
workedFor Radio Pakistan
writingStyle realist
satirical

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