Tahira Naqvi

Tahira Naqvi is a Pakistani scholar, translator and author based in the United States.

Life and work

Tahira Naqvi was born and raised in Lahore later she moved to the United States. She began her career as translator and translated the books of Ismat Chughtai in English. Her translation includes Chughtai's work such as Tehri Lakeer (The Crooked Line), Ajeeb Aadmi (A Very Strange Man) and also the work of Khadija Mastoor. Additionally, Tahira has also written short stories Attar of Roses, Other Stories of Pakistan and Dying in a Strange Country. She has also served as a teacher at Columbia University and is Senior Urdu Lecturer at New York University.