Mirza Adeeb


Mirza Adeeb, , also known as Meerza Adeeb,, was a Pakistani Urdu writer of dramas and short stories. His plays and short stories won him six prizes and awards from the Pakistan Writers' Guild.

Name

Mirza Adeeb's birth name was Mirza Dilawer Ali, but he came to be known in the literary world as Mirza Adeeb.

Early life

He was born in 1914, in Lahore, British India to Mirza Basheer Ali. He attended Government Islamia High School, Bhati Gate, Lahore. He got his Bachelor of Arts degree from Islamia College, Lahore. He initially focused on poetry, then devoted himself to playwriting.

Career

Plays

At first, being influenced from the Rūmānwī Tẹḥrīk,, he wrote romantic prose.
Later, he switched to writing plays about everyday events and incidents taking place in the society; focusing more on social problems and quotidian issues. His later works were pragmatist and verisimilitudinous. He used simple and everyday language in his plays, which enabled them to get a greater audience. Moreover, he had begun writing one-act dramas, which made them easier to broadcast over radio and television. When he affiliated himself with Radio Pakistan, many of his plays were broadcast and they gained popularity among the masses. He is listed as a prominent Urdu playwright of the Modern Era.

Other works

His main works, other than dramas, include stories and biographies. He also wrote critical essays and commentaries on books, besides writing columns in newspapers. He was also influenced by the Taraqqī-Pasasnd Tẹḥrīk''. He was also the editor of magazines, of which the most notable is Adab-e Laṭīf,. He also translated some American stories to Urdu. Furthermore, he wrote numerous stories for children.

Style

Following are the main features of Mirza Adeeb's style of writing: