Question: Recently passed away veteran Urdu short story writer, poet and journalist Intizar Husain was conferred the ‘Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters’ by France in year-
(a) 2012
(b) 2014
(c) 2010
(d) 2011
Ans (b)
Related facts:
- Intizar Husain, veteran Urdu short story writer, poet and journalist passed away on 2 February 2016 in Lahore, Pakistan. He was 92.
- Hussain was among the 10 finalists and the first Pakistani author ever to be nominated for the Man Booker International Prize for fiction in 2013.
- He was born on December 7, 1923 at Dibai in Bulandshahr district of Uttar Pradesh in India; he migrated to Lahore in 1947.
- He completed his degree in 1946 from the Meerut College. He worked in various newspapers and retired from ‘Daily Mashriq’ in 1988.
- Husain was conferred the ‘Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters’ by France in 2014.
- His famous books include ‘Gali Koochay’, ‘Kankari’, ‘Din Aur Dastan’, ‘Shehr-i-afsos’, ‘Kachhuay’, ‘Khaimay Say Door’, ‘Khali Pinjra’, ‘Morenama’ and ‘Sheharzad Kay Naam’.
- He also known for works such as ‘Basti’, ‘Hindustan Se Aakhri Khat’, ‘Jataka Tales’ and ‘Janam Kahanian’.
Reference:
http://m.newindianexpress.com/world/612018
http://www.dawn.com/news/1236988
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/veteran-pakistani-writer-intizar-husain-dies-at-93/1/585916.html