List of Pakistani women writers
This is a list of women writers who were born in Pakistan or whose writings are closely associated with that country.
A
- Umera Ahmad (born 1976), short story writer, novelist, playwright, author of Pir-e-Kamil
- Annie Ali Khan (1980 – 21 July 2018), Pakistani writer and journalist
- Shaila Abdullah (born 1971), Pakistani-American short story writer, novelist
- Ishrat Afreen (born 1956), Pakistani-American poet, women's rights activist, educator
- Moniza Alvi (born 1954), Pakistani-British poet
- Altaf Fatima (born 1927), Pakistani novelist
- Afzal Tauseef (May 18 1936 – December 30 2014), writer, columnist and journalist
B
- Fatima Surayya Bajia (born 1930), novelist, playwright
- Fatima Bhutto (born 1982), poet, memorist, novelist
- Shahbano Bilgrami (born 1973), poet, novelist, editor
- Razia Butt (1924–2012), novelist, autobiographer
C
- Zeenat Abdullah Channa, (1919 - 1974), Short story writer, essayist
D
- Tehmina Durrani (born 1953), autobiographical novelist, author of the widely translated My Feudal Lord
F
- Bushra Farrukh (born 1957), poet
- Samira Fazal (born 1976), playwright, screenwriter
H
- Yasmeen Hameed, since 1988, poet, educator
- Zaib-un-Nissa Hamidullah (1921–2000), Indian-born Pakistani journalist, columnist, non-fiction writer, women's rights activist
- Shahida Hassan, since the mid-1990s, poet
- Zahida Hina, since 1962, essayist, journalist, columnist, short story writer, novelist
- Shahrukh Husain (born 1950), novelist, non-fiction writer, living in London
- Fahmida Hussain (born 1948), literary scholar, non-fiction writer
I
- Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah (1915–2000), politician, essayist, autobiographer
- Saba Imtiaz, journalist, author, screenwriter
- Farhat Ishtiaq (born 1980), novelist, screenwriter, author of Humsafar
J
- Ayesha Jalal, Pakistani-American educator, historian, since 1990: non-fiction writer
K
- Manmeet Kaur (fl 2000s), Sikh journalist
- Uzma Aslam Khan (born 1969), Pakistani novelist
- Rukhsana Khan (born 1962), Pakistani-Canadian children's writer
- Maki Kureishi (born 1927), poet
L
- Yasmeen Lari (born c.1941), architect, non-fiction writer
M
- Muniba Mazari
- Shazia Mirza (British Comedian and Writer) Columnist for The Guardian
N
- Asma Nabeel (fl 2000s), screenwriter, poet
- Kishwar Naheed (born 1940), poet, feminist
- Badam Natawan, (1924 - 1988), novelist, prose writer
- Sarwat Nazir, contemporary novelist, playwright, screenwriter, author of Main Abdul Qadir Hoon (2010)
- Zehra Nigah, since 1950s, poet, screenwriter
R
- Bushra Rahman (born 1944), politician, novelist
- Samina Raja (1961–2012), poet, translator, educator
- Fahmida Riaz (born 1946), poet, translator, feminist
S
- Afia Salam (fl 1980s), journalist
- Sehba Sarwar, contemporary novelist, short story writer, author of Black Wings (2004)
- Sara Shagufta (died 1984), poet
- Bina Shah, since 2001, short story writer, novelist, columnist
- Qaisra Shahraz, since 2001, novelist, short story writer, living in Britain
- Parveen Shakir (1952–1994), poet, educator
- Kamila Shamsie (born 1973), English-language novelist
- Muneeza Shamsie, essayist, anthologist, literary writer
- Bapsi Sidhwa (born 1938), English-language novelist, living in the United States
- Noorul Huda Shah (born 1957), playwright, novelist, Short story writer and Dramatist
- Salma Shaheen (born 1954), poet, writer, researcher and novelist
T
- Naseem Thebo, (1948 - 2012), story writer
Y
- Malala Yousafzai (born 1997), Nobel Peace Prize winner, female education activist, memoirist
Z
- Sumaira Zareen (1944 - 1977), story writer
- Zaitoon Bano (born 18 June 1938), fiction writer, poet
See also
References
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