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Abid Surti or Aabid Surti ((ヒンディー語:आबिद सुरती); (グジャラート語:આબિદ સુરતી); born 5 May 1935) is a National Award-winning Indian author who has earned accolades within India and abroad as a painter, author, cartoonist, journalist, environmentalist, playwright and screenwriter besides being a "one-man" NGO out to save every drop of water.〔()〕 He was given a National Award by the government of India in 1993 for one of his books.〔(Aabid Surti )〕 ==Writings== Surti has written short stories, novels, plays, children's books and travelogues. Several of his books have been translated into regional languages. He has also been writing for Hindi and Gujarati newspapers and magazines for over 40 years and received a National Award for his short-story collection ''Teesri Aankh'' in 1993.〔 He became an author by accident. When his first love broke down due to family pressure, the teenaged Aabid had no one to confide in – so he began putting his story on paper. The story was published in Gujarati in 1965 as ''Tootela Farishta'' (Fallen angels) and proved to be an unexpected success.〔(Abid Surti an Introduction ( Gujarati ) )〕 He has written more than 80 books, including 45 novels, 10 short story collections and 7 plays.〔〔() List of some works of Abid Surti.〕〔(Hindi Books – Abid Surti )〕 The autobiographical novel ''Musalman'' was an account of his childhood in the poverty-ridden Dongri area of Mumbai.〔 His latest novel, ''Sufi'', describes the parallel lives of two friends: the author himself and a man called Iqbal Rupani, who rose to become the kingpin of the Mumbai underworld in the 1960s and 1970s.〔(Sufi author Aabid Surti's underworld calling )〕 In 1975, his fictional version based on the ''Devil's Bible'', entitled ''The Black Book'', created a nationwide controversy. Even amidst critical acclaim, it was translated into seven languages and voted Book of the Year in Kannada.〔〔 He earned the nickname the "Salman Rushdie of India" after his ''Black Book'' was published.〔 He has together with his son Aalif Surti and Chandrika Vyas, Rima Kashyap also penned a controversial and hard-hitting novel called ''In Name of Rama'' inspired by a true incident during the demolition of the Babri Masjid.〔(In name of Rama )〕 In 2007, he was awarded the ''Hindi Sahitya Sanstha Award'' by the Uttar Pradesh government, and was given an award by the Gujarat government for his children's literary work ''Rangat''. Among his other novels are ''Canal'' and ''Daagh''. He has also worked as a television and film script-writer. He was the editor of the Gujarati annual magazine ''Dayaro'' for many years.〔 Recently, he has sued the makers of the Bollywood film ''Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge'', which he says used his Gujarati novel ''Bauter Varas No Babo'', published in 1976 and later translated into Hindi as ''Bahatar Saal Ka Baccha''.〔() Writer Aabid Surti sues makers of Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge, 7 May 2010.〕〔() Similarities between Surti's novel and the film.〕 He has written graphic children's novels in Hindi, including ''Buddh kyun muskuraye 2500 saal baad'' (Why did the Buddha smile after 2500 years). He has also written satirical gazal with common English words.〔Jyoti Vyas, (Aabid Surti – Author of The Black Book ), "Aabid has penned over eighty books, covering different literary forms – from travelogue to novel, fictionalized autobiography, satirical Ghazal with common English words, fiction based on reality (Katha Vachak is fictionalized novelette in the back drop of demolition of Babri Masjid) – but his boldest and most controversial book is undoubtedly ''The Black Book''. It is not only revolutionary in form and content but also a fresh vision of the World's major religions."〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Abid Surti」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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