NAIYER MASUD is the Indian subcontinent’s foremost Urdu fiction writer. His works have been translated into English, French, Finnish, Spanish and Hindi. Penguin will publish the English translation of his first collection of short stories, Seemiya, in 2013.

NAIYER MASUD WITH MARIAM ABOU-ZAHAB, TRANS. OF THE FRENCH ED. OF ESSENCE OF CAMPHOR (Lucknow) Dec. 2002
PHOTO BY RAZA ALI ABIDI