Sumaira Zareen


Sumaira Zareen was a leading story writer of Sindh, Pakistan. She was one of the pioneers' women of Sindhi literature. She is popularly called First Lady of Sindhi Literature. Two of her story collections have been published.

ِChildhood

Sumaira Zareen was born on 22 February 1944 in a literary family at Shikarpur Sindh, Pakistan. Her real name was Sakina Aiwan. Her father's name was Muhammad Azam Aiwan. Her grandfather Muhammad Arif Aiwan himself was a renowned poet of his time.

Literary Services

She started writing stories at the age of 12 or 13 years. Her first story was published in famous Sindhi magazine Naeen Zindagi . She served as In-Charge of Women's page of Daily Hilal-e-Pakistan. After graduation, she worked as Research Fellow at the Institute of Sindhology. She compiled and published stories published in the Naeen Zindagi Magazine from 1947 to 1960. The title of the collection was "Mehran Joon Chholiyoon" and it was published in 1962. In 1970, her story collection "Geet Ujayal More Ja" was published by Malir Adabi Academy Hyderabad. Her following story collections were published after her death:
Noted writer Nasir Mirza has compiled her unpublished stories and her profile in his book Khatton - e Awal Kahanikara: Sumera Zareen. This book has been published in 2018.

Death

Sumaira Zareen died on 13 August 1977.