Aamer Hussein is an award-winning British-Pakistani multi-genre author who has written twelve short story collections, two novels, a memoir and a collection of essays. He has also compiled and edited a book of translated Urdu stories by Pakistani women writers. In 2012, Hussein, who previously only used English as a creative medium, began writing stories in Urdu, which were published in a collection entitled
Zindagi Se Pehle[Before Life] (2020).
Born on 8 April 1955, Hussein belonged to the privileged English-speaking milieu of a decidedly cosmopolitan Karachi, the city of his birth and the then capital of Pakistan. He attended the well-known Lady Jennings School and subsequently the Convent of Jesus and Mary’s co-educational junior school. His father, Nawabzada Ahmed Husain, belonged
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Citation: Kehar, Taha. "Aamer Hussein". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 01 April 2025 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=14528, accessed 03 April 2025.]
