Muhammad Asim Butt (Urdu: محمد عاصم بٹ) is an
Urdu novelist, short story writer, translator, researcher, editor, critic and journalist.[1][2][3] He has published three novels and two collections of short stories along with a number of books translated from English into
Urdu and vice versa. Butt also writes in English.[4][5][6]
Biography
Since 2006 he has worked with the
Pakistan Academy of Letters, Government of Pakistan, as Editor of the quarterly Adabiyaat, a literary magazine.[7]
Publications
Fiction
Ishtihaar Aadami (Ad man اشتہار آدمی) (short stories), Fiction House, Lahore, Pakistan, 1998[8]
Taaleem Ka Liberal Nuqta-e-Nazar تعلیم کا لبرل نقطہ نظر (Liberal Readings on Education (by Stefan Melnik and Sascha Tamm [Eds.][25]), Friedrich Naumann Stiftung Fur Die Freiheit, Islamabad, Pakistan, 2012.
Urdu to English
Tale of Four Saints (Retelling of Persian classic tale Qissah Chahaar Darvaish into English) National Book Foundation, Islamabad, 2016 and CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform; Second edition (4 September 2016).[26]
Research and criticism
Doosra Aadami (The Other Person دوسرا آدمی) (interviews), Jang Publishers, Lahore, Pakistan, 1993[27]
Pakistan Sal Ba Sal (Pakistan Year by Year پاکستان سال بہ سال, National Language Authority, Islamabad, Pakistan, 1999[28]
Insaani Haqooq aur Urdu Sahaafat انسانی حقوق اور اردو صحافت (Human Rights and Urdu Journalism), The Network for Consumer Protection, Islamabad, Pakistan, 2005
Abdullah Hussein: Shakhsiat Aur Fun عبداللہ حسین: شخصیت اور فن (Abdullah Hussein: Person & Work), Pakistan Academy of Letters, Islamabad, Pakistan, 2009.[29]
Kia Jamhooriat Pakistan Kay Liay Zaroori Hai? (Is Democracy Essential for Pakistan?), Liberal Forum Pakistan, Islamabad, Pakistan, 2010.[30]
Bahtareen Afsaanaon Ka Intikhab (a selection of best Urdu short stories in 2011), Takhleeqat Publishers, Lahore, Pakistan 2011[31]
Recognition
Asim's novel Naatamaam ناتمام won Akse Khushbu (عکس خوشبو) Literary Award for Fiction for 2014.[32][33]
Asim's novel Natamaam ناتمام has won UBL Literary Excellence Award for 2015.[34]
Asim's book "Borkhese Kahanian" (بورخیس کہانیاں) (Urdu translation of short stories of Jorge Luis Borges) was short listed for the UBL Literary Excellence Award for 2019.[35]
A selection of best short stories of Urdu Despairing Voices: Selected Urdu Short Stories compiled and translated by Syed Sarwar Hussein, published by Satyam Publishing House, India, 2011 includes two short stories of Butt.[36]
A detailed research thesis based on the critical analysis of three modern Urdu novelists including Butt, by Robina Sultan, published with the title "Teen Nai Novel Nigar" by Dastaaveez Matbuaat, Lahore, Pakistan in 2012.[37]
He participated as a speaker in the Oxford Literary Festival arranged by Oxford, Pakistan and
British Council, Pakistan at Islamabad, Pakistan from 30 April to 1 May 2013.[38][39]
Muhammad Asim Butt (Urdu: محمد عاصم بٹ) is an
Urdu novelist, short story writer, translator, researcher, editor, critic and journalist.[1][2][3] He has published three novels and two collections of short stories along with a number of books translated from English into
Urdu and vice versa. Butt also writes in English.[4][5][6]
Biography
Since 2006 he has worked with the
Pakistan Academy of Letters, Government of Pakistan, as Editor of the quarterly Adabiyaat, a literary magazine.[7]
Publications
Fiction
Ishtihaar Aadami (Ad man اشتہار آدمی) (short stories), Fiction House, Lahore, Pakistan, 1998[8]
Taaleem Ka Liberal Nuqta-e-Nazar تعلیم کا لبرل نقطہ نظر (Liberal Readings on Education (by Stefan Melnik and Sascha Tamm [Eds.][25]), Friedrich Naumann Stiftung Fur Die Freiheit, Islamabad, Pakistan, 2012.
Urdu to English
Tale of Four Saints (Retelling of Persian classic tale Qissah Chahaar Darvaish into English) National Book Foundation, Islamabad, 2016 and CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform; Second edition (4 September 2016).[26]
Research and criticism
Doosra Aadami (The Other Person دوسرا آدمی) (interviews), Jang Publishers, Lahore, Pakistan, 1993[27]
Pakistan Sal Ba Sal (Pakistan Year by Year پاکستان سال بہ سال, National Language Authority, Islamabad, Pakistan, 1999[28]
Insaani Haqooq aur Urdu Sahaafat انسانی حقوق اور اردو صحافت (Human Rights and Urdu Journalism), The Network for Consumer Protection, Islamabad, Pakistan, 2005
Abdullah Hussein: Shakhsiat Aur Fun عبداللہ حسین: شخصیت اور فن (Abdullah Hussein: Person & Work), Pakistan Academy of Letters, Islamabad, Pakistan, 2009.[29]
Kia Jamhooriat Pakistan Kay Liay Zaroori Hai? (Is Democracy Essential for Pakistan?), Liberal Forum Pakistan, Islamabad, Pakistan, 2010.[30]
Bahtareen Afsaanaon Ka Intikhab (a selection of best Urdu short stories in 2011), Takhleeqat Publishers, Lahore, Pakistan 2011[31]
Recognition
Asim's novel Naatamaam ناتمام won Akse Khushbu (عکس خوشبو) Literary Award for Fiction for 2014.[32][33]
Asim's novel Natamaam ناتمام has won UBL Literary Excellence Award for 2015.[34]
Asim's book "Borkhese Kahanian" (بورخیس کہانیاں) (Urdu translation of short stories of Jorge Luis Borges) was short listed for the UBL Literary Excellence Award for 2019.[35]
A selection of best short stories of Urdu Despairing Voices: Selected Urdu Short Stories compiled and translated by Syed Sarwar Hussein, published by Satyam Publishing House, India, 2011 includes two short stories of Butt.[36]
A detailed research thesis based on the critical analysis of three modern Urdu novelists including Butt, by Robina Sultan, published with the title "Teen Nai Novel Nigar" by Dastaaveez Matbuaat, Lahore, Pakistan in 2012.[37]
He participated as a speaker in the Oxford Literary Festival arranged by Oxford, Pakistan and
British Council, Pakistan at Islamabad, Pakistan from 30 April to 1 May 2013.[38][39]