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Altaf Fatima (born 1929 in Lucknow, India) is an Urdu novelist. Her novel Dastak Na Do has enjoyed a lot of success and is widely regarded as one of the defining works in the Urdu language. An adaptation was presented on Pakistan television and an abridged translation was serialised by the prestigious Karachi monthly, Herald.
Altaf Fatima was the second of four children born in a muslim household in Lucknow, India, to Fazle Mohammad Amin and his wife Jahan Mumtaz.
She is currently resident in Lahore, Pakistan. She now lives a retired life and has discontinued her literary works.
Altaf Fatima's novel Dastak Na Do has been translated into English by Rukhsana Ahmed.
Works
Novels
§ Nishaan-i-Mehfil
§ Dastak Naa Do (do not knock)
§ Chulta Musafir
§ Khwabger
Collection of Short Stories
§ Woh Jisay Chaha Gaya
§ Jub Diwaaren Girya Kurti Hain
§ Taar-i-Unkaboot
Translations
§ To Kill A Mocking Bird into Urdu
§ Barrey Aadmi, Aur Unke Nazariyat, a collection of political essays
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