Umrad Jan Ada: Courtesan of Lucknow - Couverture souple

Ruswa, Mirza Mohammad Hadi

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0861313895 ISBN 13 : 9780861313891

Editeur : Sangam Books Ltd, 1983

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur :

Mirza Muhammad Hadi Ruswa October 1931) was an Urdu poet and writer of fiction, plays, and treatises (mainly on religion, philosophy, and astronomy). He remained on the Nizam of Awadh's advisory board on language matters for years. He was well-versed in Urdu, Persian, Arabic, Hebrew, English, Latin, and Greek. His famed Urdu novel, Umrao Jan Ada, published in 1905, is considered by many as the first Urdu novel. It is based on the life of a renowned Lucknow courtesan and poet of the same name and later became the basis for Umrao Jan Ada (1972), a Pakistani film, and two Indian films, Umrao Jaan (1981) and Umrao Jaan (2006). The novel was also the basis of a Pakistani television serial, Umrao Jan Ada, which aired in 2003.Accurate details of the life of Mirza Muhammad Hadi Ruswa are unavailable and there are material contradictions between the accounts given by his contemporaries. Ruswa himself mentions that his ancestors arrived in India from Persia and that his great-grandfather was an adjutant in the army of the Nawab of Awadh. The street on which the Ruswa family home was situated is known as Ajitun Ki Gali (Adjutant's Lane). He had not much to say of his grandfather and father, except that they were both keenly interested in arithmetic and astronomy.

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Umrao Jan is perhaps one of the most enigmatic and forgotten female figures in South Asian literature. Written more than 100 years ago, the novel recreates the ambience of old Lucknow.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Sangam Books Ltd
• Date d'édition: 1983
• ISBN 10: 0861313895
• ISBN 13: 9780861313891
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 206