Khaleel ur Rehman (born 1948) from the

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, is better known by his pen name Khaleel Mamoon is a noted Urdu poet whose poetry collection Aafaaq ki Taraf won the 2011 Sahitya Akademi Award for works in Urdu.

Life and career

Mamoon was born in Bangalore. After working as a staff artist for

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, Mamoon joined the Indian Police Service in 1977. He served in senior positions in Karnataka including as Inspector General.

Works

Mamoon has published a number of works. ''Lissan Falsafe Ke Aine Me'' on the philosophy of language was published in 1986. ''Unnees Lillahi Nazmen'' (1989) is a translation of poems written in praise of Prophet Mohammed by Scherzade Rikhye. ''Nishaat-e-Gham'' is a collections of Ghazals. ''Kannada Adab'' is a collection of translations of

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language poetry and fiction. Mamoon's poetry collection ''Aafaaq ki Taraf'' won the 2011 Sahitya Akademi Award for works in Urdu. In 2004, Mamoon became the first Urdu writer to win the Karnataka

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Karnataka Urdu Academy chairmanship and removal controversy

Mamoon served as the Chairman of the Karnataka Urdu Academy between 2008 and 2010. He was removed in controversial circumstances in 2010 for functioning in an 'arrogant manner'. H.S. Shivaprakash, Dean, School of Arts and Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University resigned from the Karnataka Sahitya Academy in protest of government interference in an autonomous body.

References

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