This is a list of notable Urdu language writers with their date of birth who wrote Novels in Urdu.
19th Century[edit | edit source]
| Novelist | Date of birth-Death | Novels | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nazir Ahmad Dehlvi | (1830–1912) | Mirat-ul-Uroos, Bina-tul-Nash, Taubat-un-Nasuh, Fasaana-e-Mubtalaa, Ibn'ul Waqt | |
| Muhammad Husain Azad | 1830 | Aab-e-Hayat | |
| Ratan Nath Dhar Sarshar | 1846 | Fasana-e-Azad, | |
| Premchand | (31 July 1880 – 8 October 1936) | Bazaar-e-Husn, Shatranj ke Khiladi | |
| Mirza Hadi Ruswa | 1857 | Umrao Jaan Ada | |
| Kishen Pershad | 1864-1940 | ||
| Abdul Halim Sharar | 1860 | Firdos -e- Bareen | |
| Rashid ul Khairi | 1868 | Sath Ruhoon K Aamalnamay, Nani Ashu | |
| Abdul Haq | 1872 |
20th century[edit | edit source]
- Shaukat Thanvi 1904
- Mumtaz Mufti 1905
- Krishan Chander 1914
- Mirza Adeeb 1914
- Khwaja Ahmad Abbas 1914
- Naseem Hijazi 1914
- Ismat Chughtai 1915
- Rajinder Singh Bedi 1915
- Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi 1916
- Jagan Nath Azad 1918
- Razia Butt 1924
- Shaukat Siddiqui 1923
- Intizar Hussain 1923
- Ashfaq Ahmed 1925
- Harcharan Chawla
- Ibn-e-Insha 1927
- Qurratulain Hyder 1927
- Altaf Fatima 1927
- Begum Akhtar Riazuddin 1928
- Ibn-e-Safi 1928
- Bano Qudsia 1928
- Shabnam Romani 1928
- Altaf Fatima 1929
- Fatima Surayya Bajia 1930
- Obaidullah Baig 1936
- Muhammad Mansha Yaad 1937
- Mustansar Hussain Tarar 1939
- Anis Nagi 1939
- Mazhar ul Islam 1949
- Mirza Athar Baig 1950
- Zulfiqar Gilani 1960
- Pervez Bilgrami 1962
- Muhammad Asim Butt 1966
- Azhar Abidi 1968
- Rahman Abbas 1972
- Akhtar Raza Saleemi 1974
- Ali Akbar Natiq 1974
- Idris Azad 1969
21st century[edit | edit source]
- Rahman Abbas
- Jogindar Paal
- Nand Kishore Vikram[1]
- Hashim Nadeem[2]