Mohiuddin Nawab

Mohiuddin Nawab ( en urdu : محی الدین نواب ) (4 de septiembre de 1930 - 6 de febrero de 2016) fue un novelista, guionista y poeta pakistaní. Es famoso por su popular serie de novelas, " Devta ", que se publicó de forma episódica y continua en Suspense Digest desde febrero de 1977 hasta enero de 2010. Devta es la autobiografía de un personaje ficticio, Farhad Ali Taimur , un maestro de la telepatía , fumador empedernido y mujeriego. Además de Devta , Nawab escribió cerca de 600 relatos cortos y novelas de temática romántica, social, de espionaje e histórica para revistas de renombre como Jasoosi Digest y Suspense Digest . Algunos de sus relatos más destacados son Kachra Ghar , Iman Ka Safar , Khali Seep y Adha Chehra . Se ha publicado una colección de su poesía y prosa bajo el título "Do Tara". Nawab también escribió guiones para algunas películas, entre ellas " Jo Darr Gya Woh Marr Gya " (1995).

Mohiuddin Nawab nació el 4 de septiembre de 1930 en Kharagpur , Bengala Occidental , India británica . Nawab aprobó su examen de matriculación en su ciudad natal, Kharagpur . Tras la partición de 1947, emigró a Dhaka , Pakistán Oriental (actualmente Bangladesh ). Luego, tras la caída de Pakistán Oriental en 1971, emigró con su familia por segunda vez a Karachi , Pakistán . Pertenecía a una familia de habla urdu. Su abuelo era decorador de interiores y su padre pintor oficial en el departamento de Ferrocarriles. Durante su estancia en Dhaka , Nawab se ganaba la vida diseñando pancartas y vallas publicitarias para salas de cine. ^{[ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ]}

Nawab initially started writing romantic stories with a female pen name.^[4] At the age of 23, his first story, "Ek Deewar, Ek Shagaf", with his own name was published in a film magazine, "Romaan", in around 1970. After going through a struggling period as a writer, he finally got attention of the Suspense Digest's editor, Maraj Rasool. Then he became a regular writer for Suspense and Jasoosi Digest for the next 40 years. Nawab was a friend of the poet and paranormal researcher Rais Amrohvi, and getting inspired by Rais's books on telepathy and hypnotism, he conceived the idea of Devta with a fictional character, Farhad Ali Taimoor. He started writing Devta in February 1977 and soon it became the most popular digest story. The readers used to wait for its next episode. Devta raised the monthly sale of Suspense Digest greater than any of its rival digest and Nawab became the most busy writer of the era. The novel Devta continued for 33 continuous years, ending in 396 episodes. Later it was published in book form in 53 volumes. With 11,206,310 word count, Devta stands in the list of longest novels in history. Nawab wrote over 600 romantic and social stories, mostly for the Suspense Digest. These short stories have been compiled into nearly 200 books. ^[2][5][6]

Romance and social issues are the main themes of Nawab's writings. His take on life reveals a sharp and critical eye that mercilessly exposes the naked truths of society. Creative metaphors and witty phrases were his strongest weapons. He was quite aware of men's hard nature, women's soft psychology, and duplicity of human society in general and he used this insight in his writings in a unique and exceptional way. Even while writing fiction, his feet never left the ground of reality. He merged fiction and facts in a style only a few writers could even try. His characters are the familiar faces that readers observe around them. His stories usually take place in the ordinary settings of everyday life. He puts words of social wisdom in the mouths of laypersons like a worried father, a caring mother, a jobless young man, a maiden girl waiting for a marriage proposal, a hardworking laborer, a motor mechanic, a clergyman (molvi), etc.^[2][1][4][7]

Nawab tenía tres esposas y 13 hijos. ^{[ 8 ]}

Nawab murió el 6 de febrero de 2016 en Karachi . ^{[ 9 ] [ 10 ]}