India
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. He wrote several poetry books; his main form was
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 ...
. Moreover, his several ghazals have been sung by leading singers including
Jagjit Singh
Jagjit Singh (born Jagmohan Singh Dhiman; 8 February 1941 – 10 October 2011) was an Indian composer, singer and musician. He composed and sang in numerous languages and is credited for the revival and popularity of ghazal, an Indian c ...
.
Biography
Early life
Sahir Hoshiarpuri was born on 5 March 1913 and raised in
Hoshiarpur
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,
Punjab
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, India. He received his education at Government College. He earned his M.A degree in
Persian
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* People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language
** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples
** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...
in 1935. He was a disciple of
Josh Malsiyani
Labhu Ram (1883-1976), better known by his pen name Josh Malsiyani, was an Indian Urdu poet who much acclaimed during his time.
He was born in a poor family in the Aquilpur locality of Malsian, a small town near Jalandhar which town was the d ...
who belonged to the Daagh School of Urdu Poetry.
During his college days he came into contact with
Mehr Lal Soni Zia Fatehabadi
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Persian names
* Mehr, an alternative name for Mithra, a Zoroastrian divinity
* Mehr (month), the seventh month of the year and the sixteenth day of the month of the Iranian and Zoroastrian calendars
* Mehr's day, or ...
who was studying at
Forman Christian College
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Founded in 1864 by American ...
nearby
Lahore
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, their friendship lasted a lifetime. They were both residing in
Kanpur
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. He died on 18 December 1994 in
Delhi
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, India.
Literary career
Sahir Hoshiarpuri and Naresh Kumar Shad also edited and published the Urdu Journal ''Chandan''.
He has written several books but only five published collections of him are available. In 1989 he was given the Ghalib Award by the Ghalib Institute in recognition of his literary contributions.
See also
*
List of Urdu language poets
The following is a List of Urdu-language poets.
13th century
15th century
16th century
17th century
18th century
* Mirza Muhammad Rafi, ''Sauda'' (1713–1780)
* Siraj Aurangabadi, ''Siraj'' (1715–1763)
*Mohammad Meer Soz Dehlvi, '' ...
Bibliography
* ''Jal Tarang''
* ''Sahar e ghazal'' (1959)
* ''Sahar e naghma'' (1970)
* ''Sahar e haraf'' (1982)
* ''Sahar e khayal'' (1990)
* ''Nuqoosh e Dagh''