Muhammad Asim Butt
Muhammad Asim Butt is an Urdu novelist, short story writer, translator, researcher, editor, critic and journalist. He has published three novels and two collections of short stories along with a number of books translated from English into Urdu and vice versa. Butt also writes in English.
Biography
Butt was born into a muslim literary family of ethnic Kashmiri descent, long settled in Punjab. Since 2006 he has worked with the Pakistan Academy of Letters, Government of Pakistan, as editor of the quarterly Adabiyaat, a literary magazine.Publications
Fiction
Ishtihaar Aadami, Fiction House, Lahore, Pakistan, 1998Daira, Sanjh Publishers, Lahore, Pakistan, 2001Dastak, Dunyazaad, Karachi, Pakistan, 2010Naatamaam, Sang-e-Meel Publications, Lahore, Pakistan, 2014Bhaid, Sang-e-Meel Publications, Lahore, Pakistan, 2018Paani Pe Likhi Kahaani, Sang-e-Meel Publications, Lahore, Pakistan, 2024Translations
English to UrduJapani Kahanian, Sareer Publications, Pakistan, 2019Borgese Kahanian بورخیس کہانیاں, Sang e Meel Publications, Lahore, Pakistan, 2017So Azeem Aadami سو عظیم آدمی, Takhleeqat Publishers, Lahore, Pakistan, 1992Muhabbat Key Khatoot محبت کے خطوط, Takhleeqat Publishers, Lahore, Pakistan, 1993Kafka Kahanian کافکا کہانیاں, Jang Publishers, Lahore, Pakistan, 1994.Mukhtasar Tareekh-e-Alam, Takhleeqat Publishers, Lahore, Pakistan, 1995.Marco Polo Ka Safarnama مارکو پولو کا سفر نامہ, Takhleeqat Publishers, Lahore, Pakistan, 1999.Muhammad, Takhleeqat Publishers, Lahore, Pakistan, 2002.Toahamat ki Dunya توہمات کی دنیا, Mashal, Lahore, Pakistan, 2003.Bai Moasam Key Phool, Mashal, Lahore, Pakistan, 2003.Sarif Nama صارف نامہ, The Network for Consumer Protection, Islamabad, Pakistan, 2004.Fidelio فیڈیلیو, Friedrich Naumann Stiftung Fur Die Freiheit, Islamabad, Pakistan, 2011.Taaleem Ka Liberal Nuqta-e-Nazar تعلیم کا لبرل نقطہ نظر, Friedrich Naumann Stiftung Fur Die Freiheit, Islamabad, Pakistan, 2012.Urdu to EnglishTale of Four Saints National Book Foundation, Islamabad, 2016 and CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform; Second edition.
Research and criticism
Doosra Aadami , Jang Publishers, Lahore, Pakistan, 1993Pakistan Sal Ba Sal , The Network for Consumer Protection, Islamabad, Pakistan, 2005Abdullah Hussein: Shakhsiat Aur Fun عبداللہ حسین: شخصیت اور فن , Pakistan Academy of Letters, Islamabad, Pakistan, 2009.Kia Jamhooriat Pakistan Kay Liay Zaroori Hai? , Liberal Forum Pakistan, Islamabad, Pakistan, 2010.Bahtareen Afsaanaon Ka Intikhab, Takhleeqat Publishers, Lahore, Pakistan 2011Recognition
Asim's novel Naatamaam ناتمام won Akse Khushbu Literary Award for Fiction for 2014.Asim's novel Natamaam ناتمام has won UBL Literary Excellence Award for 2015.
Asim's book Kafka Kahaanian کافکا کہانیاں won Parveen Shakir Trust Literary Award for best translation for 2024.
Asim's book "Borkhese Kahanian" was short listed for the UBL Literary Excellence Award for 2019.
A selection of best short stories of Urdu Despairing Voices: Selected Urdu Short Stories compiled and translated by Syed Sarwar Hussein, published by Satyam Publishing House, India, 2011 includes two short stories of Butt.
A detailed research thesis based on the critical analysis of three modern Urdu novelists including Butt, by Robina Sultan, published with the title "Teen Nai Novel Nigar" by Dastaaveez Matbuaat, Lahore, Pakistan in 2012.
He participated as a speaker in the Oxford Literary Festival arranged by Oxford, Pakistan and British Council, Pakistan at Islamabad, Pakistan from 30 April to 1 May 2013.