The Salam Award

Aamer Hussain

Born in Karachi in 1955, Aamer Hussein moved to London in 1970 and until the pandemic divided the last decade between London and working in Pakistan.

He is the author of several collections of short fiction, including Insomnia ,37 Bridges, Love and its Seasons, and Zindagi se pehle; two novels including Another Gulmohar Tree; and most recently Restless, a collection of autobiographical pieces. His work is published in Great Britain and all the countries of the Subcontinent. Also an essayist and columnist, he writes in both English and Urdu.