ROHZIN

<p><strong>Rahman Abbas</strong> (born 30 January 1972) is an Indian fiction writer and the recipient of the India's highest literary Award <em>Sahitya Akademi Award</em> for his fourth novel <em>Rohzin</em> in 2018.</p><p>He is also the recipient of the two State Academy Awards for his third and fourth novels respectively i.e. <em>Hide and Seek in the Shadow of God</em> (2011) and the <em>Rohzin</em> in 2017.</p><p>He is the only Indian novelist whose work in German has received a LitProm Grant funded by the German Federal Foreign Office and the Swiss-South Cultural Fund. He writes in Urdu and in English. His novels deal with themes of forbidden politics and love.</p><p>The largest online reading portal Rekhta has stated that Rahman Abbas is one of the most read Urdu novelists.</p><p>Penguin Random House has published Rohzin in English in May 2022.</p><p>Rohzin has been longlisted for JCB Prize 2022 the richest literary prize in India.</p>