Anees Shah Jilani as a Sketch Writer

Abstract

Anees Shah Jilani was a brilliant prose writer. His letters to many of his contemporaries are a great read primarily on account of this mastery of Urdu prose. He has more than twenty books in Urdu and Saraiki. He interest in classical Urdu and Saraiki literature caused him a huge following.. Anees Shah Jillani also been a prominent sketch writer among the literary giants like Rasheed Ahmad Siddiquei, Molvi Abdul Haq, Chiragh Hassan Hasrat, Abdul Majeed Salik, Raees Akhtar Jafery, Shahid Ahmad Dehilvi and Sadat Hassan Manto. Three of his books on sketch writing have been introduced in the literary world had a style of his own. This Article is an Analysis of Anees Shah Jillani work on sketch writing, His individuality in sketch writing and how has he reached the tradition of sketch writing introducing a style of his own.

Keywords

• anees shah jilani , letters, sketch, saraiki, rasheed ahmed sidiqi, molvi abdul haq, shahid ahmed dehlvi