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((Infobox person
| name               = Jamil Ahmad
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| birth_date         = 1 June 1931
| birth_place        = [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]], [[British India]] (modern [[Pakistan]])
| death_date         = 12 July 2014
| death_place        = [[Islamabad]], [[Pakistan]]
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| occupation         = [[Novelist]], [[Short story writer]]
| yearsactive        = 
| spouse             = Helga
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| awards             = [[Sitara-e-Imtiaz]] (2016)<br>Shortlisted for [[Man Asian Literary Prize]] (2011)
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'''Jamil Ahmad''' (June 1, 1931 – July 12, 2014) was a Pakistani civil servant, novelist and story writer. He wrote in the English language. He is known for his anthology, ''The Wandering Falcon'' which was short listed for [[Man Asian Literary Prize]], widely known as Asia's highest literary award, in 2011. The book was also a finalist for DSC prize for South Asian Literature in 2013.<ref name="Five">((cite web | url=http://india.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/04/five-questions-for-author-jamil-ahmad/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0 | title=Five | accessdate=July 15, 2014))</ref>

He died on 12 July 2014.<ref name="profile">((cite web | url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/735513/wandering-falcon-author-jamil-ahmad-dies/ | title=profile | accessdate=July 15, 2014))</ref>

==Biography==
((quotebox|align = right|qalign=center|width=24em|''The Wandering Falcon,'' says Kashmiri writer, [[Basharat Peer]], ''one of the finest collections of short stories to come out of South Asia in decades.''<ref name="Tribune">((cite web | url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/735513/wandering-falcon-author-jamil-ahmad-dies/ | title=Tribune | accessdate=July 15, 2014))</ref>))
((quotebox|align = right|qalign=center|width=24em|''This is not a book in which a central protagonist will walk down a path and invite the readers to follow him, narrative and personality cohering around him along the way,'' wrote writer, [[Kamila Shamsie]], ''Instead, it is a book of glimpses into a world of strict rules and codes, where the individual is of far less significance than the collective.''<ref name="legacy">((cite news |url=http://articles.latimes.com/2011/sep/26/world/la-fg-pakistan-author-20110926 |title=Pakistan's unlikely storyteller of the Swat Valley |date=September 26, 2011 |last1=Rodriguez 
 |first1=Alex| accessdate=July 30, 2021 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140717214806/http://articles.latimes.com/2011/sep/26/world/la-fg-pakistan-author-20110926 |archive-date=2014-07-17 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |url-status=dead))</ref><ref name="Guardian">((cite web | url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/aug/14/wandering-falcon-jamil-ahmad-review | title=Guardian | accessdate=July 15, 2014))</ref>))

Jamil Ahmad was born in [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]], in the erstwhile [[British India]], in 1931. After early education in [[Lahore]], he joined the civil service in 1954,<ref name="Tribune" /> and worked in the [[Swat valley]], a remote [[Hindu Kush]] area, near Afghan border. During his career, he worked at various remote areas such as the [[Frontier Province]], [[Quetta]], [[Chagai District|Chaghi]], [[Khyber Pass|Khyber]] and [[Malakand District|Malakand]]. His experiences in these tribal valley assisted him in his work which was mainly focused on the lives of the tribal villagers. He also served at the Pakistani embassy in [[Kabul]] during the [[Soviet]] invasion of [[Afghanistan]] in 1979.<ref name="Goodreads">((cite web | url=http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/688842.Jamil_Ahmad | title=Goodreads | accessdate=July 15, 2014))</ref>

He married Helga whom he met during his London years, who was critical of his early attempts at poetry but diligently tried to promote his work,<ref name="legacy" /> ''The Wandering Falcon'', which was nominated for [[Man Asian Literary Prize]] in 2011.<ref name="Tribune" /> The couple had two sons and a daughter at the time of his death.<ref name="profile 2">((cite web | url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/735513/wandering-falcon-author-jamil-ahmad-dies/ | title=profile 2 | accessdate=July 15, 2014))</ref>

==Work==
''The Wandering Falcon'' can either be construed as a short story collection or a novel, based on differing perspectives. The book narrates the story of Tor Baz (the black falcon) and his travails through the remote tribal areas along the Pakistan - Afghan border where he experiences the lives of the ethnic [[pashtuns]].<ref name="Amazon">((cite book | title=Amazon | id=((ASIN|0241954053|country=uk)) ))</ref> The stories travel through the strict code of conduct of the tribals known as ''pashtunwali'', the lawlessness of the land where women are traded as commodity, adultery and anarchism, silhouetted against the Baluch desert landscape.<ref name="Penguin" /><ref name="LA Times">((cite web | url=http://articles.latimes.com/2011/sep/26/world/la-fg-pakistan-author-20110926 | title=LA Times | accessdate=July 15, 2014))</ref> The book received critical acclaim.<ref name="Amazon" /><ref name="Penguin">((cite web | url=http://www.penguin.com/book/the-wandering-falcon-by-jamil-ahmad/9781594486166 | title=Penguin | accessdate=July 15, 2014))</ref>

Jamil Ahmad has also published a short story, ''The Sins of the Mother'', which appeared on ''[[Granta]]112: Pakistan'' in 2010.<ref name="Granta">((cite web | url=http://www.granta.com/Archive/112 | title=Granta | accessdate=July 15, 2014))</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* ((cite book
| title = The Wandering Falcon
| author = Jamil Ahmad
| year = 2011
| publisher = Penguin
| isbn = 978-0241954058
))
* [http://www.penguin.com/author/jamil-ahmad/1000080041 Profile on Penguin] ((Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140716074650/http://www.penguin.com/author/jamil-ahmad/1000080041 |date=2014-07-16 ))
* [http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/688842.Jamil_Ahmad on GoodReads]
* [http://www.escondido.org/2nd-tuesday-book-club-to-discuss-the-wandering-falcon-by-jamil-ahmad.aspx on Tuesday Book Club] ((Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101164303/https://www.escondido.org/2nd-tuesday-book-club-to-discuss-the-wandering-falcon-by-jamil-ahmad.aspx |date=2020-11-01 ))
* [http://www.riverheadbooks.com/jamil-ahmad/ on River Head Books]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140717063337/http://www.granta.com/New-Writing/Granta-Audio-Jamil-Ahmad Interview on Granta audio]
* ((YouTube|y935fcfHh2k|Interview))

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