Manto Saodat Hasan (11- 5. 1912, Sumbrala, nazdiki Amritsar — 18.1.1955, Lohyp) navisaidai pokistoni. Ba zaboni urdu menavisht. Faoliyati adabiash bo tarjumai dramai O. Uayld «Bovari yo Nigilistho» ogoz yoftaast. In asar, ki ba revolyusioneroni rus bakhshida shuda bud, bo maylu ragbati ba goyahoi milliyu ozodikhohi doshtai Manto muvofiq aftod Manto tarjumon va murattibi mann « Hikoyahoi rusist. Dar borai chande az navisandagoni rusu soveti, az jumla, M. Gorkiy maqolaho talif kardaast. Dar bisyor hikoyahoi Manto tasiri naturalizm his karda shavad ham, bedtarini onho bo uslubi realisti talif yoftaand.
Az asarhoi Manto khususan majmuai hikoyahoi «Gushti yakhni» (1950), «Dar pasi parda» (1953), «Dar bolo, dar poyon va dar miyona» (1954), «Dukhtaroni gunahkor, padaroni gunahkor» (1955) jolibi diqqatand. Qahramoni bisyor hikoyahoi Manto hunarmandon, korgaron va umuman mehnatkashoni shahrand. Manto qashshoqi va behuquqii mardumi mehnatiro nishon doda, voqeiyati kapitalistiro taqkid kardaast. Tamoyuli hajvi dar ejodiyoti Manto purquvvat ast. Sanai 18-mi yanvari soli 1955 Manto dar Lohyp vafot kardaast.