Bismil Saeedi (1901–1977) (بسمل سعیدی), hailing from
Tonk, India
Tonk is a city in the Indian state of Rajasthan. The city is situated 95 km (60 mi) by road south from Jaipur, near the right bank of the Banas River. It is the administrative headquarters of Tonk District. Tonk was also the capital ...
poet
A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator ( thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems (oral or writte ...
who mainly wrote
ghazal
The ''ghazal'' ( ar, غَزَل, bn, গজল, Hindi-Urdu: /, fa, غزل, az, qəzəl, tr, gazel, tm, gazal, uz, gʻazal, gu, ગઝલ) is a form of amatory poem or ode, originating in Arabic poetry. A ghazal may be understood as a ...
s.
Bismil Saeedi who had settled in
Delhi
Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, primarily its western or right bank, Delhi shares borders w ...
died in Delhi on 26 September 1977.
Literary life
The Urdu poets of Tonk preferred the style and mannerism of Momin to that of
Ghalib
Mirza Beg Asadullah Khan (Urdu, fa, مرزا بیگ اسد اللہ خان; 27 December 1797 – 15 February 1869) also known as Mirza Ghalib (Urdu, fa}) was an Urdu and Persian language, Persian shayar (poet), poet of the 19th century Mughal Em ...
. A master of classic diction Bismil Saeedi wrote mainly ghazals. He was a recipient of Ghalib Award and Nehru Award.
A collection of his ghazals titled ''Auraq e Zindagi'' was published by P.K.Publications in the year 1971. And, another collection of his ghazals, selected and compiled by Makhmoor Saeedi, titled ''Intikhab e kalam e Bismil Saidi'' was published by the Urdu Akadmi, Delhi. In 2007 his complete works titled ''Kulliyat e Bismil Saeedi'' were published by the Sahitya Akademi. His other poetical works are ''Mushhidat'', ''Kaif e Alam'' and ''Nishat e gham''.
In 2011, Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University awarded the Ph.D. Degree to Sabiha Kausar Badruddin Ansari on her doctoral dissertation – "Bismil Saeedi – Hayat aur Shairi" (Bismil Saeedi – Life and poetry). A detailed appraisal of his life and works titled ''Bismil Saeedi-shakhs aur shair'' compiled jointly by
Gopal Mittal
Gopal Mittal (1906–1993) (Urdu: گوپال مِتّل) was an Urdu poet, writer, critic and journalist.
Biography
Gopal Mittal was born on 6 June 1906 in Malerkotla, Punjab Province, British India. His father, Walayati Ram Jain, was a renown ...
,
Makhmoor Saeedi
Makhmoor Saeedi (31 December 1938 – 2 March 2010) (Urdu: مخمور سعیدی) was an Urdu poet, writer, translator and journalist from Tonk, Rajasthan, India.
Biography
Makhmoor Saeedi was born on 31 December 1938 in Tonk, India. His fat ...
and Prem Gopal Mittal was published by Nishanil Akademi, New Delhi, in 1976.
Zia Fatehabadi
Mehr Lal Soni (9 February 1913 – 19 August 1986), better known as Zia Fatehabadi, was an Indian Urdu ghazal and nazm writer. He was a disciple (shaagird) of Syed Aashiq Hussain Siddiqui Seemab Akbarabadi (1882–1951), who was a disciple ...
, also a disciple of
Seemab Akbarabadi
Seemab Akbarabadi ( ur, ) born Aashiq Hussain Siddiqui ( ur, , 5 June 1882 – 31 January 1951) was an Urdu poet from British India and Pakistan.nazm, ''Bismil e ghazal'', eulogised his senior whose takhallus, ''Bismil'', means, "the wounded".
Bibliography
* ''Auraq e zindagi''
* ''Intikhab e kalam e Bismil Saeedi''
* ''Kulliyat e Bismil Saeedi''
* ''Mushhidat''
* ''Kaif e Alam''
* ''Nishat e gham''