Ismail Ahmedani (1930–2007) (اسماعیل احمدانی) was a Saraiki novelist, fiction writer, and promoter of the Saraiki language.

Life

He was born 1 January 1930 in a small village "Khoi" in Rajanpur District, British India (now Pakistan).^{[citation needed]}

His father Muhammad Moosa Khan was a writer and teacher. He earned a BA in art from Dera Ghazi Khan after which Ismail Ahmedani started his life as a teacher from Bahawal pur and then Khan pur district Rahim Yar Khan.^{[citation needed]}

He wrote a travelogue named Peet de Pandh (travel of love)^[1] and won an award for this writing. He wrote his autobiography named Yadden De Kak Muhal (places of memories). In 2013 he was again awarded the Khwaja Ghulam Farid award for literature in the Saraiki language for this autobiography.^[2]

Published books

• Peet Dey Pandh(پیت دے پندہ)A travelogue from Sanghar to Fort Manro(Awarded), Publisher: Rasūlpūr, Z̤ilaʻ Ḍerah G̲h̲āzī K̲h̲ān : Sirāʼekī Pablīkeshanz ; Baḥāvalpūr : Milne kā patah, Sirāʼekī Lāʼibrerī, (1980)^[1]
• Chuoliyan(چولیاں) A novel about Existentialism [1]. (Awarded)
• Amar Kahaani(امر کہانی) A novel about Saraiki movement
• Yadeen de kaak Mahal(یادین دی کاک محل) Autobiography (Awarded)

Unpublished books

• Hakra wal wahse(حاکرا ول واسی) Drama
• Moona leza dii Murk(مونالیزا دی مرک) A collection of eleven fictions