Meet Up with Hameed Shahid
Guest Hameed Shahid
Host Wasif Burney
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About Hameed Shahid
March 23, 1957 in Pindi Gheb, in Punjab province, Pakistan. After his initial education from his native town PindiGheb (Attock, Punjab), he proceeded to University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, where he gained an honors degree in Horticulture, Agriculture. After graduating from UAF he joined Agriculture Development Bank of Pakistan (ADBP), now Zarai Taraqiat Bank Ltd (ZTBL) where he is Vice President at the moment and heading Recovery Policy Unit in Recovery Department. He did a banking diploma and joined number of courses on Banking operations, Business Management, Core Banking Application System, and Enterprise Recourses Planning etc. He attended different international conferences on Urdu literature.
Hameed Shahid first writing in Urdu was published in 1973 when he was student of Metric. He completed his first Urdu book Paiker-e-Jameel and handed over it to a publisher in 1980 when he was university student. As a student, he was editor-in-chief of University literary Magazine Kisht-e-Nau. Soon after appearing of his fiction writing in urdu Magazines like Auraq, Fanoon, Adbiat , Shubkhoon etc, his characteristic style matured and emerged as his identity. His first collection of Urdu Short Stories was ‘Band Ankhoon se Paray’. This was published in 1994, followed by ‘Jannum Jahunam’ in 1998, ‘Margzar’ in 2004 and ‘Aadmi’ in 2013. These lead to consolidating his reputation as one of the important contemporary writers of Urdu short story. His novel ‘Mitti Adam Khati Hae’ was published in 2007. In addition, he is author of books on Urdu language and literary criticism. Some of books on his credit are listed hereunder:
Urdu Books on his Credit
Urdu Short Stories
Band Aankhon se pery 1994
Janam Jahanam 1998
MargZaar 2004
Aadmi 2013
Pachas Afsanae 2009
Dehshat Maen Mohabbat 2015
Urdu Novel
Mitti Aadam Khati Hai 2007
Literary Criticism
Aadbi Tanaziat 2000
Urdu Afsana: Surat o Mana 2006
Ashfaq Ahmed: Shakhsitay o Fuun 1998
Saadat Hasan Manto: Jadoae Haqeeqat Nigari Aur Aaj Ka Afsana 2013
Rashid, Meera ji, Faiz:Nayab Haen Ham 2014
Urdu Fiction : Naye Mubahis 2016
Other Books
Paiker-e-Jamil (Serat un Nabi PBUH) 1983
LamhonKa Lams (Nasmain) 1995
Alif Se Atkhailiyan (Tanziay) 1995
Anthologies
Pakistani Aadab (Intekhab 2002) 2003
SAARAC Mumalik: Muntakhib Takhliki Aadab 2004
8th Oct: Tehreer k Aainay Mai 2006
Honours
Syeda Zaheer Un Nisa Taalimi (Wakf) Award, 1995
NCC Golden Jubilee Award bara’ay Aadab, 1997
Markaz Award Bara’ay Aadbi Coloum Nigari, 1998
Mian Muhammad Bakhsh Aadbi Award, 2006
Azmat-e-Fan Award, baraeay Adab, 2007
Nishan-e-Ezaz by HalqaArbab-e-Zauq Islamabad, 2000

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