Jeelani Bano

Jeelani Bano
Bano in 1999
Born(1936-07-14)14 July 1936
Budaun, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, British India
Died1 March 2026(2026-03-01) (aged 89)
Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Occupations
  • Litterateur
  • novelist
  • author
Known forNovel, short story
AwardsPadma Shri
Andhra Pradesh Sahitya Akademi Award
Soviet Land Nehru Award
Qaumi Haali Award
NTR national Literary Award

Jeelani Bano (14 July 1936 – 1 March 2026) was an Indian writer and novelist. She wrote in Urdu, Hindi, Gujarati and Telugu. Bano received the fourth highest Indian civilian award of Padma Shri in 2001.

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