Tahira Naqvi

Originally from Pakistan, Tahira Naqvi is a Senior Urdu language lecturer at New York University. Author of two collections of short stories titled ‘Attar of Roses and Other Stories of Pakistan’ and ‘Dying in a Strange Country’, she has also extensively translated works of Urdu fiction and prose. She is also known for her translations into English of a long list of stories, novels, novellas and essays of prominent Urdu author, Ismat Chughtai, as well as other well-­known writers of Urdu fiction, including Premchand, Khadija Mastoor, Hajira Masroor and Ahmed Ali.