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| name = Shaukat Hayat<br />
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| occupation = President, Pragmatic Writers Guild<br />
| spouse = Irshad Parween<br />
| children = Ana Hayat (daughter) <br>Atam Hayat (son)<br />
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| father = Syed Mahfoozul Haque<br />
| mother = Qamrun Nisa<br />
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'''Shaukat Hayat''' ([[Urdu]] : شوکت حیات) (1 December 1950 – 21 April 2021), was a modern and post-modern Indian writer who wrote in Urdu, Hindi. His stories often include allegory, flat narration and sometimes core values of the progressive movement, and sometimes deviate from storytelling altogether. He is best known for his story "Gumbad ke Kabutar".<br />
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== Early life and education ==<br />
Hayat was born in [[Patna]], Bihar, India. He graduated in Science from the [[Patna University|Patna University Science College]] in 1970 and later pursued his Masters (Gold Medalist) in Urdu from [[Magadh University]]. He was [[National Eligibility Test|UGC(Net Qualified)]].<br />
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==Career==<br />
Hayat's "Gumbad ke Kabutar" received acclaim from veteran critics of Urdu, including Mehdi Jafar and Waris Alvi, who praised his mastery over literature and language. Hayat's stories are about social, political and economic realities; the pain, loneliness and disappointment that may be found in a few of his stories are the reflection of his experiences in life, all he has gone through. Joginder Pal in his book ''New Urdu Fictions'' names Hayat as "the innovator of new trend of Urdu Fiction referred to as 'Anaam Kahani', that is, 'The Nameless Story.'"<ref name="Pāl2004">{{cite book|author=Jogindar Pāl|title=New Urdu Fictions|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WV9cXXsO5IQC&pg=PA286|year=2004|publisher=Katha|isbn=978-81-87649-85-4|pages=286–}}</ref><br />
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As of 2014 Hayat was the President of "Pragmatic Writers Guild, Patna" and his stories are taught in post graduate courses at various universities in India and abroad.<br />
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== Achievements ==<br />
Hayat is recipient of "Katha Award<ref>[http://www.business-standard.com/article/specials/holding-up-a-mirror-to-india-197010801018_1.html " Holding Up A Mirror To India"], ''Business Standard'', Nilanjana S Roy | January 27, 2013</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.katha.org/translation-awards.html |title=Katha translation awards |access-date=7 March 2017 |archive-date=5 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305040122/http://katha.org/translation-awards.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>" in the year 1996 for his story "Gumbad Ke Kabootar". The story was later translated in English by Dr. [[Sara Rai]] titled "Pigeons of the dome". The English translation of this story is included in the book ''The Eastern brew'' by Syed Sarwar Husain. The same story has also been included as the cover story & title for the Rakshanda Jalil's book for which she took special permission from him. Hayat is also recipient of "Lifetime Achievement Award" from [[Bihar Urdu Academy]] in 2010. A few of his stories which are used as a reference & benchmark in modern Urdu literature are viz."Baang", "Dhalaan Pe Ruke Hue Kadam", "Koobad", "Mr.Glad", "Maadhav", "Shikanja" etc. His novelette ''Sarpat Ghoda'' received wide critical acclaim.<br />
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== Death ==<br />
Hayat died on 21 April 2021. He was survived by his wife, one son and a daughter.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.inquilab.com/news/articles/many-traumas-in-one-day-shaukat-hayat-shahid-Ali-maulabakhsh-fahim-ahmad-passed-away-26235|title=اردوزبان وادب ایک دن میں کئی صدموں شوکت حیات,شاہدعلی, مولابخشر,فہیم احمدکی رحلت|date=22 April 2021}}</ref><br />
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== Bibliography ==<br />
* ''Baang'' (Collection of Short Stories,1976)<br />
* ''Afsaana Workshop Me Shaukat Hayat'' (Essays,1985)<br />
* ''Gumbad Ke Kabootar'' (Collection of Short Stories, 2010)<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/sahitya-akademi/SASearchSystem/sauser/writerinfo.jsp?wrids=2561 Shaukat Hayat (Who’s Who of Indian Writers)]<br />
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