Muhammad Umar Memon (Author of The Greatest Urdu Stories Ever Told)

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Muhammad Umar Memon

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Aligarh, British India

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Muhammad Umar Memon is a critic, short story writer, renowned Urdu translator and editor of The Annual of Urdu Studies from Pakistan. He is Professor Emeritus of Urdu Literature and Islamic Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Dr. Memon was born in Aligarh, India in 1939. In 1954, his family moved to Karachi, Pakistan where he earned his bachelors and masters degrees. After his graduation, he taught at Sachal Sarmast College and Sind University. In 1964 he won a Fulbright scholarship to the United States. This move enabled him to earn a masters degree from Harvard University and eventually a doctorate in Islamic Studies from UCLA. Dr. Memon joined the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1970 and retired from there after 38 years o ...more

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	Manto and Chughtai: The Essential Stories by Muhammad Umar Memon (Translator), M. Asaduddin (Translator), Ismat Chughtai 4.19 avg rating — 195 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Do You Suppose It's the East Wind?: Stories from Pakistan 3.89 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2009	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The HarperCollins Book Of Urdu Short Stories 4.06 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2005	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Colour of Nothingness: Modern Urdu Short Stories 3.77 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1991 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An epic unwritten 3.70 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1998	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Tale of the Old Fisherman: Contemporary Urdu Short Stories really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1991 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Domains of Fear and Desire: Urdu Stories liked it 3.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1992 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“I moved a part of my bed a little distance away from the domain of fear and desire.”
― Muhammad Umar Memon, The Greatest Urdu Stories Ever Told

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“Ba kuja sar niham keh chun zanjir Har dare halqa-e dare digar-ast (Hide鈥攂ut where? Each door I close opens another.) 鈥擜nonymous (found in a ghazal by Mir Taqi Mir)”
― Muhammad Umar Memon, The Greatest Urdu Stories Ever Told

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