Shahrukh Husain

Shahrukh Husain (Urdu: شاہ رخ حسین), born 28 April 1950, is a Pakistani author who specializes in fiction, non-fiction, and screenwriting. She is also a psychotherapist, folklorist, and storyteller. She resides in London. She is a Fellow of the Royal Literary Fund.^[1]

Select filmography

Screenplay for In Custody (1993), adapted from the novel of the same name by Anita Desai. It is a Merchant Ivory Productions film directed by Ismail Merchant. She also wrote an episode for Beecham House.^[2]

Select books

A Restless Wind (2013)
The Goddess: Power, Sexuality, and the Feminine Divine (2003)
Daughters of the Moon: Witch Tales from Around the World (1993)
Handsome Heroines (1996).

References

^ "Fellows: Shahrukh Husain". Royal Literary Fund.
^ "Beecham House review: Gurinder Chadha's period drama falls prey to a white man's gaze of colonial India". Firstpost. 2019-07-25. Retrieved 2020-11-21.

External links

Shahrukh Husain at Library of Congress, with 25 library catalogue records
"Shahrukh Husain Interview" at WriteWords.org.uk, 16 December 2005
"Shahrukh Husain" at the Royal Literary Fund (archived 2006)
Biography from Barefoot Books (archived 2006)
Biography from Penguin Books India (archived 2006)

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