Khaleel-Ur-Rehman Azmi
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Azmi's father Muhammad Shafi was a deeply religious man.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Azmi matriculated from Shibli National High School in Azamgarh in 1945. He gained his bachelor's degree in 1948 and his M.A. in Urdu from Aligarh Muslim University.[2] During this period he tutored the British scholar of Urdu, Ralph Russell.[3] He gained his Doctor of Philosophy in Urdu in 1957 from Aligarh Muslim University for a dissertation entitled: Urdu Mein Tarraqipasand Adabi Tahrik.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
In 1952 he became a Lecturer in Aligarh Muslim University's Department of Urdu. Four years later, he became a Reader and continued in that role until his death from leukemia in 1978. He was posthumously elevated to the rank of Professor.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
He started writing during his early school days and composed poems for Payami taleem, a children's literary magazine.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Proficient in both prose and poetry, he was one of the pioneers of Modernism in Urdu and was also aligned with the Progressive Writers Movement.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". He received the Ghalib Award for Urdu Poetry in 1978.[4] edited by Shaikh Afzal azmi
Work and contributions
- Kaghzi Pairahan (1953): a collection of poetry, nazms and ghazals.
- Naya Ahad Nama (1965): a collection of poetry, nazms and ghazals.
- Nai Nazm Ka Safar (edited): a collection of Urdu poetry from 1936 to 1972
- Fikr-o-Fan (1956)
- Zawiay-e-Nigah (1966)
- Mazameen-e-Nau (1977): a work of literary criticism
- Muqaddama-e-Kalam-e-Aatish
- Taraqqi Pasand Tahreek (1965)
- Urdu Mein Taraqqi Pasand Adabi Tahreek (1972)
- zindagi ae zindagi ( 1983)
References
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- ↑ Shakil-ur-Rehman, "Khalil-ur-Rahman Azmi", Encyclopaedia of Indian literature, Vol. 1, p. 319.
- ↑ Ralph Russell, Urdu and I
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". List of the recipients of Ghalib Award
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Further reading
- Khaleel-ur-Rehman number, Sha'ir (monthly)
- Jadeed Sha'iri ke Naye Chiragh, Shakeel-ur-Rehman
External links
- Urdu Poetry Archive
- Urdu point, Urdu poetry of Khalil-ur-Rehman Azmi
- Shayari, Ghazals & Poetry
- http://www.urdupoetry.com/krazmi.html
- http://aligarhmovement.com/aligarians/Khalil-ur-Rehman-AzmScript error: No such module "Unsubst".
- http://www.urduyouthforum.org/urduShayri_Khalil_ur_Rahman_Azmi.php?poet=Khalil%20ur%20Rahman%20Azmi Template:Webarchive
- http://forum.urduworld.com/f863/
- http://www.bestghazals.net/2007/05/khalil-ur-rahman-azmis-ghazal.html
- http://www.urdupoint.com/poetry/book288-poet194