Daniyal Mueenuddin (Urdu: دانیال معین الدین; born 1963) is a Pakistani - American author who writes in English. His short story collection In Other Rooms, Other Wonders, has been translated into sixteen languages, [1][2][3][4] and won The Story Prize, the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and other honors and critical acclaim. [5]

Aug 31, 2021 · Fiction by Daniyal Mueenuddin: “It’s time to turn up the heat a little bit more. My boys are getting bored, and that’s not good for their appetite or their temper.”

Daniyal Mueenuddin, author of In Other Rooms, Other Wonders, talks about his life growing up in Pakistan, and how his understanding of both American and Pakistani cultures led him to become a writer.

While headlines warn of Pakistan’s imminent implosion, Mueenuddin, the son of a Pakistani father and American mother, has carved out an idyllic life for himself, writing in the mornings and overseeing the planting and harvesting of mangoes, sugarcane, wheat, and cotton in …

Sep 16, 2008 · Here we have Rezak, an aging laborer who is estranged from his family who, through good fortune but also his effort and character, comes to work for a wealthy man and his American wife on their estate in the hills above Islamabad.

Feb 26, 2009 · Last week, Daniyal Mueenuddin took a break from growing mangoes in southern Punjab to read to audiences across America from his début short-story collection, “In Other Rooms, Other Wonders.”...

Jul 25, 2009 · But the writer, Daniyal Mueenuddin, a Pakistani-American who lives here, has brought them into focus in a collection of short stories, “In Other Rooms, Other Wonders,” …

Passing from the mannered drawing rooms of Pakistan’s cities to the harsh mud villages beyond, Daniyal Mueenuddin’s linked stories describe the interwoven lives of an aging feudal …

Oct 27, 2010 · Daniyal Mueenuddin’s poem ‘Trying Tripe’ is printed in Granta 112: Pakistan. Here he speaks to Emily Greenhouse about writing what you know, the experience of writing poems compared to short stories and the rarity of great translations.

He is the 2010 winner of The Story Prize, an annual book award for short story collections, and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, National Book Award and the LA Times Book Prize. For a number of years he practiced law in New York. He now lives on …