Razia Butt

Razia Butt was an Urdu novelist and playwright from Pakistan. She was one of the famous popular fiction writers of the 1960s and 1970s, and was often compared with English writer Barbara Cartland due to her popularity among the household readers. She first appeared in a literary journal around 1940 when she was in her teens. She later developed her first published story into a novel, Naila. Butt also wrote radio plays and scripts for films and TV dramas, such as Bano, Saiqa, and Aroosa. She received several awards and honors for her work, such as the Nigar Award, the MBE, and the Tamgha-i-Imtiaz. She wrote an autobiography, Bichhray Lamhe. She died of natural causes on October 4, 2012, at the age of 88.