ISLAMABAD: Qurratulain Hyder, an influential Urdu novelist and short story writer, and a journalist remembered on Wednesday on her death anniversary.

Hyder was born on January 20 1926, in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh. She is one of the most outstanding literary names in Urdu literature popularly known as “Ainee Apa”. She was a prolific writer. She began to write at the young age of 11. Her literary works include some 12 novels and novellas and four collections of short stories.

Haider had also done a significant amount of translation of classics. Her own works have been translated into English and other languages. She received the Jnanpith Award in 1989 for her novel Aakhir-e-Shabke Hamsafar. She received the Sahitya Akademi Award, in 1967, Soviet Land Nehru Award, 1969, Ghalib Award, 1985. Hyder died in India on August 21, 2007.—APP