Muhammad Asim Butt

Muhammad Asim Butt, a storyteller, novelist, translator, critic, and editor. He earned an MA in Philosophy from Government College University, Lahore, and began his career as a journalist and human rights activist. He is the Director/Chief Editor at the Pakistan Academy of Letters, Islamabad.

Among his notable works, the Urdu novel ‘Naatamaam’ has garnered both the ‘UBL Literary Excellence Award’ and the ‘Parveen Shaker Aks e Khushbu Award’ for fiction. His other novels include ‘Daira,’ ‘Bhaid,’ and ‘Paani Pe Likhi Kahaani.’ His book of Urdu translations, ‘Borgese Kahaanian,’ was shortlisted for the ‘UBL Literary Excellence Award’ in 2017.

Muhammad Asim Butt is also proficient in writing in English and Punjabi. He has retold the famous Persian tale ‘Qissah Chahaar Darvesh’ in simple English, titled ‘Story of Four Saints.’ In addition to his four novels and two collections of short stories, he has published more than a dozen books of translations of world literature.