About Khalid Hussain
Born 1945. Khalid Hussain is an Indian writer and short story writer.
Khalid Hussain (born 1945) is a Punjabi writer. He won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2021 for his short-story collection Sullan Da Salan. He is a former bureaucrat.
Biography Khalid was born in 1945 in a kashmiri speaking family Udhampur district of the Jammu and Kashmir princely state. During the 1947 partition of India, he fled the violence with his mother but seven male members of his family, including his brothers, father and grandfather, were killed. He spent the following seven years in refugee camps.
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Who is Khalid Hussain?
Punjabi storywriter
When was Khalid Hussain born?
Khalid Hussain was born on 1 April 1945.
What is Khalid Hussain's occupation?
Khalid Hussain is a writer and short story writer.
What nationality is Khalid Hussain?
Khalid Hussain is Indian.
Sources & further reading
· DBpedia: Khalid Hussain (Punjabi writer)
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