Obaidullah Aleem
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Obaidullah Aleem (Template:Langx, 12 June 1939 – 18 May 1998) was a Pakistani poet of Urdu language.
Life
Aleem was born in 1939 in Bhopal, British India.[1] He received an MA in Urdu from the University of Karachi and began working as a radio and television producer until 1967.[1]
In 1974, his first book of poetry Chand Chehra Sitara Ankhhen was published.[1] He was senior producer at Karachi station Pakistan Television Corporation until he was forced to resign in 1978 following an edict against him.[1]
His book of poetry received the highest award in literature in Pakistan, the Adamji Prize.[1] He wrote an article, Script error: No such module "lang"., in memory of Khalifatul Masih III in 1982.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". His second collection of poetry Script error: No such module "lang". was published in 1986.[1]
In March 1998 he suffered a severe heart attack in Punjab and was hospitalized for a few days. He returned to his residence at Nazimabad in Karachi.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". He died from heart failure, following another heart attack on 18 May 1998.[2][3]
Bibliography
- Chand chehra sitara ankhhen, (1974)
- Viran saray ka diya, (1986)
- Yei Zindagi Hey Hamari, (Selected Poems)
- Mein Khhuli Huwi Ik Sachai, (Collected Prose)
- Chiragh Jaltey Hain: The Unpublished Poetry of Obaidullah Aleem, (Facsimile edition edited by Rehan Qayoom, 2014)
References
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External links
- Obaidullah Aleem - Aleem's Ghazals (in videos)
- Obaidullah Aleem - Aleem's Ghazals in Aleem's own videos and his own voice
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