Saadat Hasan Manto

Saadat Hasan Manto was a Pakistani writer, playwright and novelist from Punjab, who wrote mainly in Urdu and was regarded as the greatest short-story author in that language. Active from 1933 until his death in 1955, he was best known for his stories about the Partition of India, which he opposed. Among the books under his name are Mottled Dawn, Bombay Stories and Stars from Another Sky.