Shandana Minhas
- January 6, 2024
- Writer
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Shandana Minhas Biography
| Name | Shandana Minhas |
| Birthday | Oct 26 |
| Birth Year | 1975 |
| Place Of Birth | Karachi |
| Home Town | Sindh |
| Birth Country | Pakistan |
| Birth Sign | Libra |
Shandana Minhas is one of the most popular and richest Writer who was born on October 26, 1975 in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. Shandana Minhas (born 26 October 1975 from Karachi, Pakistan) is a Pakistani writer from Karachi, Pakistan.
Her next book, Survival Tips for Lunatics (2014) is an “bitingly funny” adventure in the story of a couple that fights over who leave their two sons during a camping trip to the turbulent Pakistani Balochistan province. In addition to critical acclaim the novel became the first children’s novel to receive an overall fiction prize in the region, winning France’s Karachi Literature Festival fiction prize (honouring the most outstanding writing of writers who are Pakistani or writer of Pakistani origin around the world) in the year 2015.
Minhas is primarily a novelist but has also written for stage, screen and opinion pages. Her short story, The New Woman in the Old Flat, was published in the Griffith Review’s ‘New Asia Now’ issue showcasing “outstanding young writers from the countries at the centre of Asia’s ongoing transformation”, in
- Other stories have appeared in literary magazines such as The Indian Quarterly, and A Pakistani Homecoming was published in Dawn, the country’s most widely read newspaper, to mark the 70th anniversary of Independence.
Minhas’s third novel, Daddy’s Boy (2016), tells the story of Asfandyar Ikram, who has no idea that his father is alive – until the day he learns of his death. The book was well-reviewed by The Hindustan Times (“…as hilarious as it is touching; one that’s totally bizarre while also being relatable”),Open Magazine (“The tension builds, tightening like a stretched elastic band, until the shocking denouement, which casts ambiguity on the very title of the book. Starting on a note of laughter, the ending of this gripping novel elicits a gasp of horror”), and multiple other publications. On the cover blurb, Pakistani author Mohammed Hanif called Daddy’s Boy “heartbreaking and hilarious”.
Minhas’s first novel, Tunnel Vision (2007) is a one-person exploration of being woman in a male world. The novel was shortlisted in the Commonwealth Writers’ Award and was staged through The Madras Players in 2009 and was it was published as an Italian in the form of Pakistan Graffiti in 2012. It was said to be “piercingly witty and acutely perceptive” and as a “silent bestseller”.
Shandana Minhas Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Writer |
| House | Living in own house. |
Shandana Minhas is one of the richest Writer from Pakistan. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Shandana Minhas 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
In 1997 and since then, Minhas has been a regular contributor to Pakistani and international publications. Her essays and columns have appeared within The Herald, The Express Tribune, EPW and DNA India. She has written a number of documentary films that cover human rights, development and environmental issues in Karachi and Balochistan. She co-wrote and directed Maheen Zia from
- It was a short documentary concerning the killings of Shia physicians in Pakistan. Minhas is currently working on a novel of short stories as well as novel.
She was involved in the revival of Pakistani media throughout the first decade of the 2000s. She was in charge of the development of creative ideas for The Manduck Collective, Pakistan’s first independent production house, as well as writing for local newspapers.
Minhas is an Honorary Fellow in Writing of the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa. She set up Mongrel Books in Pakistan in 2016.
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Shandana Ranked on the list of most popular Writer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Pakistan. Shandana Minhas celebrates birthday on October 26 of every year.