Indian writer and translator (1941–2024)
Shaikh Abdussalam Abdurrazzaq (1941 – 7 May 2024), known by his pen name Salam Bin Razzaq, was an Indian Urdu and Hindi short story writer and translator who was based in Mumbai.[1] His short story collection Shikasta Buton Ke Darmiyan won the 2004 Sahitya Akademi Award for Urdu.[2] He died at his home in Navi Mumbai on 7 May 2024, at the age of 83.[3] He was taken care by his wife named Zahid Begum Shaikh and son named Suhel Ahmed Shaikh.
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