Pirandello, Jean-Paul Sartre, and Samuel Beckett, as well as Pablo Neruda's poetry; these works were translated from the original versions in French, Italian, and English. She proficiently staged many of these plays. Besides drama, her interests included philosophy and religion, and Western, Indian, and Persian literature. Through her writings, she was fond of expressing an "existential and mystical strain" and had a knack for word-play. Her debut collection of poetry, Zahr-e-Hyat (Life's Poison) (1970), earned her the Urdu Academy Award in 1971. Her second poetry collection was titled Dharti ka Lams (Touch of Earth) (1975). Her poems titled Beyond Words and Broken Pieces were published in 1979. Her last book was Glimpses of Urdu Literature, which included a section on Nature in Iqbal's poetry. Zaidi died in Aligarh on 11 January 2011. References 1930 births 2011 deaths 20th-century Indian women writers 20th-century Indian dramatists and playwrights Indian women poets People from Meerut Poets from Uttar Pradesh Urdu-language women writers 20th-century Indian translators Indian Muslims Indian women educational theorists 20th-century Indian educational theorists Women writers from Uttar Pradesh Women scientists from Uttar Pradesh Indian women translators 20th-century Indian poets Dramatists and playwrights from Uttar Pradesh Women educators from Uttar Pradesh Educators from Uttar Pradesh Recipients of Ghalib Award 20th-century women educators Academic staff of Aligarh Muslim University Twelvers Indian Shia Muslims