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Abid Surti

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Abid Surti or Aabid Surti (born 5 May 1935) is a painter, author, cartoonist, journalist, environmentalist, playwright and screenwriter from India.He was given a National Award by the government of India in 1993 for writing a series of short stories called the "Teesri Aankh".

Abid Surti was born in a Gujarati Muslim family on 5 May 1935 at Vavera, near Rajula, Gujarat, India to Gulam Hussain and Sakina Begum. In his childhood, at the age of 5, he almost got carried away by flood in the Tapti river near Surat. The family later shifted to Bombay and he spent his childhood in Dongri area of Mumbai. His father was follower of Sufism.He joined the J. J. School of Art in 1954 and obtained a Diploma in Arts. He was greatly influenced by the writings of 20th-century Bengali novelist, Sharat Chandra Chatterji. Besides being a writer in Hindi and Gujarati, he is also an expert in Urdu.He started his career as a freelancer. In 1965, he married Masooma Begum; they have two sons from this marriage.

Surti has written short stories, novels, plays, children's books and travelogues. Several of his books have been translated into regional languages. He has also been writing for Hindi and Gujarati newspapers and magazines for over 40 years and received a National Award for his short-story collection Teesri Aankh in 1993.He became an author by accident. When his first love broke down due to family pressure, the teenaged Aabid had no one to confide in – so he began putting his story on paper. The story was published in Gujarati in 1965 as Tootela Farishta (Fallen Angels) and proved to be an unexpected success.

He has written more than 80 books, including 45 novels, 10 short story collections and 7 plays.

The autobiographical novel Musalman was an account of his childhood in the poverty-ridden Dongri area of Mumbai. His latest novel, Sufi, describes the parallel lives of two friends: the author himself and a man called Iqbal Rupani, who rose to become the kingpin of the Mumbai underworld in the 1960s and 1970s.In 1975, his fictional version based on the Devil's Bible, entitled The Black Book, created a nationwide controversy. Even amidst critical acclaim, it was translated into seven languages and voted Book of the Year in Kannada. He earned the nickname the "Salman Rushdie of India" after his Black Book was published.He has together with his son Aalif Surti and Chandrika Vyas, Rima Kashyap also penned a controversial and hard-hitting novel called In Name of Rama inspired by a true incident during the demolition of the Babri Masjid.

In 2007, he was awarded the Hindi Sahitya Sanstha Award by the Uttar Pradesh government, and was given an award by the Gujarat government for his children's literary work Rangat. Among his other novels are Canal and Daagh. He has also worked as a television and film script-writer. He was the editor of the Gujarati annual magazine Dayaro for many years.

Gujarati

Tootela Farishta (1965)
Dhutro
Aabh ma khilelu phool
Kapurush Mahapurush
Pagle Pagle Pyar
Soofi
Kundali
Fokatlalno Varghodo
Adhura anek
Vasant avyano mane vahem
Nana Nana Rakshash
Aathmo akash
Kala gulab
P?pana p?rano prade?a
Ram asrey
Rang badalti Roma
Radata Gulmohar
Boter varasno babo
Mari shreshth vartao
Alag Matina Marad
Baraf na chhera
Ek zalak Japan ni
Dagh
Sukhano relo same par
Musalman (translated into Eng. as Sufi)
Jaldi Kar, Juliet (play)

Hindi Collections

10 Pratinidhi Kahaniyan
21 Shreshtha Kahaniyan
365 Kahaniyan (collection of stories of the well-known author)

Novels

Kathavachak
Adhi Stri
Bahata Paani
Bahattar Saal Ka Bachcha (translated from Guj)
Besabab
Biswin Sadi Ka Aakhri Dashak
Aadmi aur Chuhe
Chamatkari Ladaki
Cabaret Dancer
Charitraheen
Daag
Dastoor
Kale Gulab
Kapurush Mahapurush
Khoya Hua Chehra
Kokh Se Kabra Tak Sati
Kora Canvas
Labangi
Maan
Mere Papa Ki Shadi
Soonsaan
Tanha
Vasak Sajja

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