Mansha Yad

Father’s Name:                    Nazir Ahmed     

Date / Place of Birth:          September 5, 1937 / Sheikhupura ,Pakistan

Education:                                   M.A (Urdu), M.A(Punjabi)Diploma C.Engineering.

Profession:                                   Deputy Director (Retired),CDA , Islamabad.

Books

·         Band Muthi Mein Jugnu (Glow Worm In The Fist) –1975

·         Mas Aur Mitti (Flesh and Clay) –1980

·         Khala Andar Khala (Space Within Space) –1983

·         Waqt Samundar (Time The Ocean) –1986

·         Wagda Pani (Running Water) -Punjabi -1987 (Awarded)

·         Darakhat Aadmi (Tree The Man) –1990

·         Door Ki Awaz (A Distant Voice) –1994

·         Tamasha (The Show) –1998

Novel (Punjabi)

·         Tanwan Tanwan Tara (Sparsely A Star) -1997 (Awarded)

Anthologies (The best /selected stories of Mansha Yad)

·         Mansha Yad K Tees Muntkhib Afsany ( Thirty Slected Stories) Compiled by: Prof. Khawar Naqvi –1986

·         Mansha Yad K Behtreen Afsany(Best stories) Compiled by: Mr.Amjad  Islam Amjad –1994

·         Mansha Yad K Muntakhib Afsany (Selected & Compiled by: Mr. Amjad Tufail & Mr. Tahir Aslam Gora –1997

·         Tamasha And Other Stories (English Translations) -Compiled by Prof. Jamil Azar-( New Delhi) –1994

·         Selected Stories Of Mansha Yad (English Translations) Compiled by Prof.Jamil Azer (Lahore) –1994

·         Mansha Yad Kahani Number (Monthly Lehran (Punjabi)Lahore) –1986

·         Special Study of Mansha Yad (Monthly Auraq Lahore) –1991

·         Special Study of Mansha Yad (Monthly Taloo-e-Afkar Karachi) –1995

·         Special Study of Mansha Yad (Monthly Chaharsoo,Rawalpindi)-2001

·         Punjabi Translations of Stories from Mass Aur Mitti (Monthly Nagmani Delhi) –1981

·         Audio Cassette Books (twenty Stories) by PFFP Audio World Islamabad

·         Anthology ’Shehre Fasana’ (Self selected 50 short stories) published, Islamabad-2003.

Compilations by Mansha Yad

·         Compiled and Selected Stories for the Years: 1977, 1979-80, 1981, 1983-84, 1985-86

·         Mumtaz Afsany (Stories of Mumtaz Mufti) –1998

Awards

·         Waris Shah Adabi Award of Pakistan Academy of Letters for Punjabi Short Stories (Wagda Pani) –1987

·         Waris Shah Adabi Award of Pakistan Academy of Letters on Punjabi Novel “Tanwan Tanwan Tara”-1997

·         Masood Khaddar Posh Award on Punjabi Novel (Lahore) –1997

·         Naqoosh Adabi award on Short Story “Taj Mahal Ki Sair (Replica)”-1989

·         Award of Mian Mohammed Bakhash Academy for Literary services –1998

·         National PTV Award for Serial ’Rahain’ (Avenues) –1998

·         Presidential Award ‘Pride of Performance’ for literature announced on 14^th August,2004. 

Radio/TV Plays/Serials

·         Many Single/Long Plays for Radio and Television

·         Four TV serials Janoon, Bandhan, Rahain and Pooray Chand Ki Raat.            

Literary Activites

·         Founded Halqa Arbab-e Zauq, Islamabad, (A well-known Literary organization) in 1972

·         Attended Literary Conference/ Meetings of Punjabi and Urdu Academies in New Delhi in 1987

·         Attended many meetings of writers ,artists and intellectuals in Beijing Xi'an, Hangzhou and Shanghai (China) in 1999 and in UK and USA in 2004.

·         Ex.Co-editor of Monthly Alamat, Lahore.