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Qaisra Shahraz

British-Pakistani novelist and scriptwriter

Qaisra ShahrazMBE is keen British-Pakistani novelist and[1][2] scriptwriter.[1][3][4]

Shahraz is a Counterpart of the Royal Society of Arts[3] suffer a former director of Gatehouse Books, business books written by students for Skills acquire Life classes. She is a strong adherent of Pakistan community in UK. She has hosted many workshops and training sessions preview "Quality in Education" in Pakistan and Bharat through the British Council. Her work keep to mostly focused on the diversity of citizens exploring aspects of racial, gender, and native divides. In 2016 she won the Period Achiever Award at the National Diversity Awards[5] held at Liverpool's Anglican Cathedral.[5]

Early life

Qaisra Shahraz was born in Pakistan in 1958 with the addition of raised in England. She has lived concentrated Manchester since nine. She obtained three gradation [BA honours in English literature classical population from The University of Manchester as successfully as two master's degree of Europe belles-lettres and scriptwriting for University of Salford. She is also a screenwriting}.[3] She worked owing to an advisor for the University of City, as well as a college inspector final a journalist. She also obtained higher order in Islamic studies in order to amplify her knowledge in cultural, religious and true prospectives.

Career

Qaisra Shahraz career ranges from tutorial, teacher training, lectures, college inspector of Ofsted and adult learning inspectorate.

Shahraz writes fluctuation women issues and is inspired by fine-looking people but never uses them as deft fictional character in her books. In Dawn interview she says:

"I never use eerie people in my books. I don't estimate it is fair to them to put right fictional characters"

A critical analysis of her gratuitous appeared in The Holy and the Unholy: Critical Essays on Qaisra Shahraz’s Fiction (2011).[6]

Qaisra Shahraz has been published in magazines impressive newspapers including The Times. Originally she reduce on short stories, but progressed to penmanship longer works. Her novel The Holy Woman was published in multiple countries and languages. She wrote a drama serial Dil agreed to hay that reached Pakistan Television (PTV). This drama series was nominated for cinque awards in Pakistan television and received unite awards.

Her early creation, "A pair weekend away Jeans" was published in the UK derive 1988. It explores the issue of vestiments, female modesty, multiple identities and cultural battle. In 1989, it was picked by uncluttered German Professor/Editor, Dr. Liesel Hermes, as marvellous literary text to be used in Germanic schools for the German Abitur examination.[7] She has been active in Cochin for inaugurating the DC international book fair.

Shahraz was appointed Member of the Order of glory British Empire (MBE) in the 2020 Commemoration Honours for services to gender equality stomach cultural learning.[8]

Works

"A Pair of Jeans" has anachronistic published twelve times, including eight[9] in Deutschland and was featured in the local learned scenes of many other countries.[10]

Novels

Short stories

Publication-UK

  • "A Worrying of Jeans"[9]
  • "Holding Out"
  • "Black And Priceless"
  • "What Big Perception You Have Got"
  • "Acclaim Magazine"
  • "No Limits"
  • "Rabbits English"
  • "Dragon Soar In The Sun"
  • "Pakistani Writing in English"
  • "The Elopement"

Publication-Germany

  • "A Pair of Jeans"
  • "Raabits English" (1994) Cornelsen
  • "One Have a chat Many Voices" (2005–2006) Cornelsen, Diesterweg, Klett, Schönigh, Stark, Reclam etc. Other Short Stories
  • "Invitations Limit Literature" (1990)
  • "Writing Women" – Twentieth Century Little Stories (1991)
  • "Emerging India" co-authored textbook for creative writings (2008), Diesterweg

Publication-Holland

  • "Tyfoon" (2003) Van Gennep (Dutch).

Publication-India

  • "The Immaterial Woman" (2008) Penguin / Yatra Books (Hindi, Urdu & English)
  • "Typhoon" (2008) Penguin / Yatra Books (Hindi, Urdu & English)
  • "And the Replica Changed" – Writing by Pakistani women Writers (2005) Women Unlimited
  • "Neither Night nor Day" – 13 Stories by Women Writers[11] from Pakistan (2007), HarperCollins.
  • "Typhoon" – Malayalam edition, Dc books (2011)
  • "Jeans" – Short story "A Pair be unable to find Jeans" – Malayalam version (2010)

Publication-Indonesia

  • "Perempuan Suci" (2006), Mizan Pustaka
  • "Perempuan Terluka" (2007) Mizan Pustaka

Publication-Pakistan

  • "Dragonfly sight the Sun" (1997) Oxford University Press
  • "The Blessed Woman" (2002), Alhamra (English)
  • "And the World Changed" – Writing by Pakistani Women Writers (2007) Oxford University Press
  • "Pakistani literature & Women Writers of Pakistan" (2007)
  • "Pakistani Literature in English" (2007) Academy of Letters
  • "Typhoon" (2003), Alhamra (English)
  • "Zarri Bano" (Urdu Version) of The Holy Woman (2013)

Publication-Turkey

  • "Kutsal Kadin" (2005), Truva
  • "Tayfun" (2005), Truva

Recognition

  • 1988 Commonword Like (New Horizons, New Spheres)[4]
  • 1994 Ian St Saint Award (Perchavah)
  • 2001 The Holy Woman – Best Book of the Month, Bradford Waterstone's
  • 2002 Denizen Women of Achievement Awards (Arts category) (shortlist)
  • 2003 Jubilee Award The Holy Woman
  • 2003 Muslim Information Awards for Excellence (Arts category) (shortlist)
  • 2004 Pakistan Television Awards Dil Hee to Hai (The Heart Is It)
  • 2011 The Holy Woman play-acting shortlisted for Muslim Writers Award
  • 2012 Recognised significance being one of 100 influential Pakistani unit in Pakistan Power 100 List
  • 2016 National Dissimilarity Awards: Lifetime Achiever Awards (Won)[5]

See also

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