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Aangan (novel)
Urdu novel by Khadija Mastoor From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Aangan /ˈɑːŋɡən/ (Urdu: آنگن, romanized: Āṅgan, lit. 'courtyard'), alternatively spelled Angan, is a period novel by Pakistani novelist and short story writer Khadija Mastoor. Published in 1962, it is hailed as a masterpiece of Urdu literature.[2][3] It won Mastoor the 1963 Adamjee Literary Award for Urdu prose and has been translated into 13 languages.[4] English translations of the novel by Neelam Hussain titled The Inner Courtyard and by Daisy Rockwell as The Women's Courtyard were published in 2001 and 2018, respectively.[5][6] A Pakistani TV series adaptation of the novel starring Mawra Hocane, Ahad Raza Mir, Ahsan Khan and Sajal Aly was aired on Hum TV from 2018 to 2019.[7] Renewed interest in the novel made it the number one bestseller in the country in 2019.[8]
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Adaptations
A Pakistani TV series adaptation of the novel starring Mawra Hocane, Ahad Raza Mir, Ahsan Khan and Sajal Aly was aired on Hum TV from 2018 to 2019.[7]
In India, a show of the same name based on the novel was created by DD Urdu and aired in mid-2018.[9][10]
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