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About Sadat Hasan Manto

Sadat Hasan Manto (1912-55) was one of south Asia's most celebrated Urdu writers. During his career he published twenty-two collections of stories, seven collections of radio plays, three collections of essays, and a novel.

Articles by Sadat Hasan Manto

Friday 5th January

Toba Tek Singh

2007 marks sixty years of the partition of India and the birth of Pakistan. Sadat Hasan Manto was one of the first writers to creatively depict that era. Read his darkly comic and poignant short story of separation, creation and a no-man's land.
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