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'''Khalid Hussain''' (born 1945) is a Punjabi writer. He won the [[List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Punjabi|Sahitya Akademi Award]] in 2021 for his short-story collection ''Sullan Da Salan''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=..:: SAHITYA : Akademi Awards ::.. |url=https://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/awards/akademi%20samman_suchi.jsp#PUNJABI |access-date=2024-05-04 |website=sahitya-akademi.gov.in}}</ref> He is a former bureaucrat.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sahitya Akademi Awardees Rahi, Khalid, Aseer honoured |url=http://www.5dariyanews.com/news/361694-Sahitya-Akademi-Awardees-Rahi-Khalid-Aseer-honoured |access-date=2024-05-04 |website=5 Dariya News}}</ref><br />
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== Biography ==<br />
Khalid was born in 1945 in a [[kashmiri language|kashmiri]] speaking family [[Udhampur district]] of the [[Jammu and Kashmir (princely state)|Jammu and Kashmir]] princely state. During the [[Partition of India|1947 partition of India]], he fled the violence with his mother but seven male members of his family, including his brothers, father and grandfather, were killed.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2021-12-31 |title=Sahitya Akademi Award to Khalid Hussain brings cheer in Punjabi circles |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/chandigarh-news/sahitya-akademi-award-to-khalid-hussain-brings-cheer-in-punjabi-circles-101640890001199.html |access-date=2024-05-04 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref> He spent the following seven years in refugee camps.<ref name=":0" /> <br />
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The family settled in Ustad Mohalla, old Jammu city, which was predominantly Punjabi speaking. He writes in both [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] and [[Urdu]].<ref name=":0" /><br />
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He started working as a mason and got promoted as a clerk. He went on to retire as a secretary rank officer.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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== Works ==<br />
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=== Short-story collections ===<br />
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* Te Jehlum Wagda Reha<br />
* Gori Fasal Di Sodagar<br />
* Doonge Panian Da Dukh<br />
* Baldi Baraf Da Saik<br />
* Gwachi Jhanjhar Di Cheek<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Excelsior |first=Daily |date=2012-06-24 |title=Story of a story writer |url=https://www.dailyexcelsior.com/story-of-a-story-writer/ |access-date=2024-05-04 |website=Daily Excelsior |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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=== Novelle ===<br />
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* Noori Rishman<ref name=":1" /><br />
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== References ==<br />
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