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{{Infobox scientist
| name = Muhammad Asim Butt
| nationality = Pakistani
| alma_mater = [[Government College University, Lahore]]
| field = [[Urdu]] novelist, short story writer, translator,<br /> Researcher, editor, critic and journalist
| work_institutions = [[Pakistan Academy of Letters]]
}}
'''Muhammad Asim Butt''' (Urdu: محمد عاصم بٹ) is an [[Urdu]] novelist, short story writer, translator, researcher, editor, critic and journalist.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://foundationsaarcwriters.com/Delegate%20Book/Page-36-43.pdf
|title=Foundation of SAARC Writers and Literature Delegates Book
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://jang.com.pk/thenews/may2011-weekly/nos-01-05-2011/lit.htm |title=Literate, NOS, the News International |accessdate=2013-02-20 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120203053351/http://jang.com.pk/thenews/may2011-weekly/nos-01-05-2011/lit.htm |archivedate=3 February 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> He has published three novels and two collections of short stories along with a number of books translated from English into [[Urdu language|Urdu]] and vice versa. Butt also writes in English.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://archives.dawn.com/weekly/books/archive/020616/books11.htm
|title=Reviews: Empowering Women
|work=Dawn
|last=Butt|first=Muhammad Asim
|date=16 June 2002}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.thenetwork.org.pk/Resources/Magazines/PDF/18-7-2011-1-19-39-346-Consumer%20Wise%20Behind%20the%20glitter.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=23 February 2013 |archive-date=3 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303222940/http://www.thenetwork.org.pk/Resources/Magazines/PDF/18-7-2011-1-19-39-346-Consumer%20Wise%20Behind%20the%20glitter.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://splus.nation.com.pk/E-Paper/Lahore/2013-09-08/page-58 |title=Splus - the Nation Sunday Plus |accessdate=2013-09-10 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130911060212/http://splus.nation.com.pk/E-Paper/Lahore/2013-09-08/page-58 |archivedate=11 September 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

==Biography==
Since 2006 he has worked with the [[Pakistan Academy of Letters]], Government of Pakistan, as Editor of the quarterly ''Adabiyaat'', a literary magazine.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.foundationsaarcwriters.com/Delegate%20Book/Page-36-43.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2013-02-20 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819090029/http://www.foundationsaarcwriters.com/Delegate%20Book/Page-36-43.pdf |archivedate=19 August 2014 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

==Publications==

===Fiction===
* ''Ishtihaar Aadami'' (Ad man اشتہار آدمی) (short stories), ''Fiction House, Lahore, Pakistan'', 1998<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.urdustudies.com/pdf/14/21bookreviews.pdf|title=Comparing Satellite Internet | Satellite Internet | American TV}}</ref>
* ''Daira'' (Circle دائرہ) (novel), ''Sanjh Publishers, Lahore, Pakistan'', 2001 <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.apnaorg.com/books/urdu/asim-butt/book.php?fldr=book |title=Urdu Book On-Line – Daira by Asim Butt |publisher=Apnaorg.com |date= |access-date=7 September 2012}}</ref>
* ''Dastak'' (Knock دستک) (short stories), ''Dunyazaad, Karachi, Pakistan'', 2010<ref>{{cite journal
|url=http://jang.com.pk/thenews/dec2010-weekly/nos-19-12-2010/lit.htm#2
|date=December 2010
|title=Soul of an Era: Review of ''Dastak''
|journal=Literati
|publisher=The News on Sunday
|first=Altaf Hussain|last=Asad}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal
|url=http://jang.com.pk/thenews/mar2010-weekly/nos-07-03-2010/lit.htm
|title=A Word About Letters
|journal=Literati
|first=Kazy
|last=Javed
|date=March 2010
}}</ref>

* ''Naatamaam (ناتمام)'' (An Unending Story) (novel), ''Sang e Meel Publications, Lahore, Pakistan'',2014<ref>{{cite tweet|user=sangemeel|author=Sang-e-Meel Books|number=459968495132762112|date=26 April 2014|title=Starting soon: At 1 30 PM - 2 30 PM in the Central Lawn: #Natamam by Asim Butt #urdu #literature #pakistan #ILF}}/photo/1</ref>
* ''Bhaid (بھید)'' (secret) (novel), ''Sang e Meel Publications, Lahore, Pakistan'',2018<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.parhlikh.com/product/bhaid-%D8%A8%DA%BE%DB%8C%D8%AF/?comments_filter=comment_type%3Dreview&rating=5&v=7516fd43adaa|title=Bhaid - بھید - Muhammad Asim Butt - Parhai Likhai|author=|date=|website=www.parhlikh.com|access-date=15 April 2019}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tns.thenews.com.pk/issues-locale-characters-life/|title=My issues are locale, characters and life|first=T. N. S.|last=Editor|date=13 January 2019|website=TNS - The News on Sunday|access-date=15 April 2019}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sangemeel.com/BookReview.aspx?ProductID=9693531744|title=Welcome to Sang-e-Meel Publications, online bookstore, Pakistan, Publishers, Importers, Exporters, Distributors|author=|date=|website=www.sangemeel.com|access-date=15 April 2019}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dawnnews.tv/news/1099840|title=بک ریویو: بھید|first=ارشد|last=وحید|date=21 March 2019|website=Dawn News Television|access-date=15 April 2019}}</ref>

===Translations===
'''English to Urdu'''
* ''Japani Kahanian'' ( selected short stories from Japanese Literature), Sareer Publications, Pakistan, 2019<ref>{{cite web
|url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50909102-japani-kahaniyan
|title=Japani Kahaniyan / جاپانی کہانیاں
|first=M Asim|last= Butt}}</ref>
* ''Borgese Kahanian'' بورخیس کہانیاں ( selected short stories by Gorge Luis Borgese), Sang e Meel Publications, Lahore, Pakistan, 2017<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tns.thenews.com.pk/borges-world/#.WoQFkFpubZ4 |title=Borgese Kahanian |first=M Asim |last=Butt |access-date=14 February 2018 |archive-date=9 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190309180823/http://tns.thenews.com.pk/borges-world/#.WoQFkFpubZ4 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* ''So Azeem Aadami'' سو عظیم آدمی (''The 100'' by [[Michael H. Hart]]), Takhleeqat Publishers, Lahore, Pakistan, 1992<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.facebook.com/thehundred
|title="100" The Hundred Most Influential Persons in History
|first=M Asim|last= Butt
|website=[[Facebook]]
}}</ref><ref>http://urdunovelspk.com/?p=6059{{Dead link|date=February 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
* ''Muhabbat Key Khatoot'' محبت کے خطوط (Love Letters by [[Khalil Gibran]]), Takhleeqat Publishers, Lahore, Pakistan, 1993<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://baithak.blogspot.com/2005/11/eng-history-of-punjabi-langauge-kazy.html
|title=English history of Punjabi literature
|first=Kazy|last=Javed
}}</ref>
* ''Kafka Kahanian'' کافکا کہانیاں (translation of stories by [[Franz Kafka]]), Jang Publishers, Lahore, Pakistan, 1994.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.saadatsaeed.com/DOC/Kafka.htm
|title=Kafka: the Pioneer of New Story
|first=Saadat
|last=Saeed
|access-date=14 February 2011
|archive-date=2 April 2016
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160402015345/http://saadatsaeed.com/DOC/Kafka.htm
|url-status=dead
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1046058|title=REVIEW: Kafka metamorphoses into Urdu|first=Asif|last=Farrukhi|date=29 September 2013|website=DAWN.COM|access-date=15 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/9497-can-you-break-ncc-field-records-in-100m-200m-400m-sprints-in-karachi|title=Can you break NCC field records in 100m, 200m, 400m sprints in Karachi?|author=|date=30 October 2015|website=www.thenews.com.pk|access-date=15 April 2019}}</ref>
* ''Mukhtasar Tareekh-e-Alam'' (''[[A Short History of the World (H. G. Wells)|A Short History of the World]]'' by [[H G Wells]]), Takhleeqat Publishers, Lahore, Pakistan, 1995.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.takhleeqatbooks.com/book.asp?BookID=100081
|title=Mukhtasar Tareekh-e-Alam
|first=Muhammad Asim
|last=Butt
|access-date=27 September 2012
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304081711/http://www.takhleeqatbooks.com/book.asp?BookID=100081
|archive-date=4 March 2016
|url-status=dead
}}</ref>
* ''Marco Polo Ka Safarnama'' مارکو پولو کا سفر نامہ ([[The Travels of Marco Polo|Travelogue]] by [[Marco Polo]]), Takhleeqat Publishers, Lahore, Pakistan, 1999.
* ''Muhammad'' (''[[Muhammad: A Biography of the Prophet]]'' by [[Karen Armstrong]]), Takhleeqat Publishers, Lahore, Pakistan, 2002.
* ''Toahamat ki Dunya'' توہمات کی دنیا (by [[Carl Sagan]]), Mashal, Lahore, Pakistan, 2003.
* ''Bai Moasam Key Phool'' (A selection of Japanese stories), Mashal, Lahore, Pakistan, 2003.
* ''Sarif Nama'' صارف نامہ (introduction to consumer rights), The Network for Consumer Protection, Islamabad, Pakistan, 2004.
* ''[[Fidelio]]'' فیڈیلیو (by [[Ludwig van Beethoven]]), [[Friedrich Naumann Stiftung Fur Die Freiheit]], Islamabad, Pakistan, 2011.
* ''Taaleem Ka Liberal Nuqta-e-Nazar'' تعلیم کا لبرل نقطہ نظر (''Liberal Readings on Education'' (by Stefan Melnik and Sascha Tamm [Eds.]<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.fnf.org.ph/downloadables/Liberal%20Readings%20on%20Education.pdf
|title=Liberal Readings on Education
|first1=Stefan |last1=Melnik
|first2=Sascha |last2=Tamm
}}</ref>), Friedrich Naumann Stiftung Fur Die Freiheit, Islamabad, Pakistan, 2012.
'''Urdu to English'''
* ''Tale of Four Saints'' (Retelling of Persian classic tale ''[[Qissah Chahaar Darvaish]]'' into English) National Book Foundation, Islamabad, 2016 and CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform; Second edition (September 4, 2016).<ref>{{Cite book |isbn = 978-1537500676|title = The Story of the Four Saints|last1 = Butt|first1 = Muhammad Asim|date = 4 September 2016}}</ref>

===Research and criticism===
* ''Doosra Aadami (The Other Person دوسرا آدمی)'' (interviews), Jang Publishers, Lahore, Pakistan, 1993<ref>{{cite web |url=http://jang.com.pk/jangpublishers/urdubooks4_2010.html |title=Jang Publishers Pakistan - Great Collection of Best Selling Books |accessdate=2013-02-20 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120703070127/http://jang.com.pk/jangpublishers/urdubooks4_2010.html |archivedate=3 July 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
* ''Pakistan Sal Ba Sal (Pakistan Year by Year پاکستان سال بہ سال'', National Language Authority, Islamabad, Pakistan, 1999<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?_encoding=UTF8&search-alias=books-uk&field-author=Muhammad+Asim+Butt|title=Amazon.co.uk: Muhammad Asim Butt: Books|author=|date=|website=www.amazon.co.uk|access-date=15 April 2019}}</ref>
* ''Insaani Haqooq aur Urdu Sahaafat انسانی حقوق اور اردو صحافت (Human Rights and Urdu Journalism)'', The Network for Consumer Protection, Islamabad, Pakistan, 2005
* ''Abdullah Hussein: Shakhsiat Aur Fun عبداللہ حسین: شخصیت اور فن (Abdullah Hussein: Person & Work)'', Pakistan Academy of Letters, Islamabad, Pakistan, 2009.<ref>{{ cite web
|url=http://pal.gov.pk/?books_library=abdullah-hussein-shakhsiat-aur-fun
|title=Abdullah Hussein: Shakhsiat Aur Fun
|publisher=[[Pakistan Academy of Letters]]
|first=Muhammad Asim|last= Butt
}}</ref>
* ''Kia Jamhooriat Pakistan Kay Liay Zaroori Hai? (Is Democracy Essential for Pakistan?)'', Liberal Forum Pakistan, Islamabad, Pakistan, 2010.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://southasia.fnst.org/files/389/2010_LFP_-_Democracy-Urdu.pdf
|title=Kia Jamhooriat Pakistan Kay Liay Zaroori Hai?
|first=Muhammad Asim|last= Butt
}}</ref>
* ''Bahtareen Afsaanaon Ka Intikhab'' (a selection of best Urdu short stories in 2011), Takhleeqat Publishers, Lahore, Pakistan 2011<ref>http://www.emarkaz.com/shop/store/emarkazBooks.php</ref>

==Recognition==
Asim's novel ''Naatamaam'' ناتمام won Akse Khushbu (عکس خوشبو) Literary Award for Fiction for 2014.
<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ppinewsagency.com/chairman-senate-distributes-aks-e-khushboo-awards/|title=Chairman Senate distributes "Aks-e-Khushboo Awards" - Pakistan Press International|author=|date=|website=ppinewsagency.com|access-date=15 April 2019}}</ref>
<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.radio.gov.pk/29-Jan-2017/poets-writers-act-as-impetus-of-change-in-history-rabbani |title=Poets, writers act as impetus of change in history: Rabbani |access-date=17 February 2017 |archive-date=18 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170218063945/http://www.radio.gov.pk/29-Jan-2017/poets-writers-act-as-impetus-of-change-in-history-rabbani |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Asim's novel ''Natamaam'' ناتمام has won UBL Literary Excellence Award for 2015.
<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nation.com.pk/E-Paper/lahore/2016-02-11/page-14|title=February 11, 2016 - Lahore - 14|author=|date=|website=The Nation|access-date=15 April 2019}}</ref>

Asim's book "Borkhese Kahanian" (بورخیس کہانیاں) (urdu translation of short stories of Jorge Luis Borges) was short listed for the UBL Literary Excellence Award for 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ubldirect.com/corporate/UBLLiteraryAward2019.aspx|title=UBL Literary Award,2019}}</ref>

A selection of best short stories of Urdu ''Despairing Voices: Selected Urdu Short Stories'' compiled and translated by Syed Sarwar Hussein, published by Satyam Publishing House, India, 2011 includes two short stories of Butt.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vedamsbooks.com/no103621/cart.php|title=Vedams eBooks|author=|date=|website=www.vedamsbooks.com|access-date=15 April 2019}}</ref>

A detailed research thesis based on the critical analysis of three modern Urdu novelists including Butt, by Robina Sultan, published with the title "Teen Nai Novel Nigar" by Dastaaveez Matbuaat, Lahore, Pakistan in 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://writers.pal.gov.pk/english/writers/?page=1984 |title=Writers Directory - Pakistan Academy of Letters |accessdate=2013-08-19 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002135202/http://writers.pal.gov.pk/english/writers/?page=1984 |archive-date=2 October 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

He participated as a speaker in the Oxford Literary Festival arranged by Oxford, Pakistan and [[British Council]], Pakistan at Islamabad, Pakistan from 30 April to 1 May 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/542247/islamabad-literature-festival-caravan-of-literati-and-artists-arrives-in-the-capital/|title=Islamabad Literature Festival: Caravan of literati and artists arrives in the capital|author=|date=30 April 2013|website=The Express Tribune|access-date=15 April 2019}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web | url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/543341/urdu-short-stories-being-written-sans-critical-review/ | title=Urdu short stories being written sans critical review | date=2 May 2013 }}</ref>

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