About Mirza Adeeb
Lived 1914 – 1999 (aged 85). Mirza Adeeb was a Pakistani and Indian writer, dramatist, playwright and short story writer.
Early life He was born on 4 April 1914, in Lahore, British India to Mirza Basheer Ali.
Later, he switched to writing plays about everyday events and incidents taking place in society, focusing more on social problems and common public issues. His later works were pragmatist and verisimilitudinous. , ,
Awards Presidential Award for playwriting, 1969 Pride of Performance Award for literature in 1981 His play, (1967), won him the (—Adamjee Literary Award) in 1968
Death Mirza Adeeb died on 31 July 1999 in Lahore, Pakistan at age 85.
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Who was Mirza Adeeb?
Pakistani Urdu writer of drama and short story
When was Mirza Adeeb born?
Mirza Adeeb was born on 4 April 1914 in Lahore.
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Mirza Adeeb died on 31 July 1999 in Lahore.
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Mirza Adeeb was a writer, dramatist, playwright and short story writer.
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Mirza Adeeb was Pakistani and Indian.
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