poet
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, as a
scholar
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, as a
teacher
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and as a
literary
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critic
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. He was the disciple of
Abr Ahasani Gunnauri
Abr Ahsani Gunnauri was an Indian poet who wrote ghazal and nazm in Urdu. According to one writer, he was a disciple of Ahasan Maarharvi who was a disciple of Mirza Khan Daagh Dehlvi, and he had a direct influence on more than a hundred of poet ...
.
Life
Chishti was born Iftikharul Hasan in
Manglaur
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,
Haridwar
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The city is situated on the righ ...
district,
Uttarakhand
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. He was the son of Pirzadah Shah Anwarul Hasan ''Anwar Manglauri''. He completed his early education in Manglaur and
Muzaffarnagar
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. After his graduation he got his M.A. (geography, 1961), M.A. (Urdu, 1963), M.Lit. (1968), and Ph.D. (1973) degrees. He worked as a lecturer in Shoaib Mohammadia College in
Agra
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before joining
Jamia Millia Islamia
Jamia Millia Islamia () is a central university located in New Delhi, India. Originally established at Aligarh, United Provinces (present-day Uttar Pradesh, India) during the British Raj in 1920, it moved to its current location in Okhla in ...
Jamia Millia Islamia
Jamia Millia Islamia () is a central university located in New Delhi, India. Originally established at Aligarh, United Provinces (present-day Uttar Pradesh, India) during the British Raj in 1920, it moved to its current location in Okhla in ...
University,
Delhi
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; he retired in 1997 as Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Languages.
Literary career
He was an Urdu poet, a critic and an historian of Urdu literature, and has many books to his credit. He was the disciple of
Abr Ahasani Gunnauri
Abr Ahsani Gunnauri was an Indian poet who wrote ghazal and nazm in Urdu. According to one writer, he was a disciple of Ahasan Maarharvi who was a disciple of Mirza Khan Daagh Dehlvi, and he had a direct influence on more than a hundred of poet ...
. He has to his credit three published collections of poems – , and .
His literary career started in 1950 with the composition of his first ghazal. His first , , was published in 1953 in the Urdu Monthly
Shair
''Shair'' ( ur, ) is the oldest Urdu-language literary magazine, based in Mumbai, India. It was launched in Agra in 1930 by the famous poet Seemab Akbarabadi. Its editor-in-chief is the poet, writer and journalist Iftikhar Imam Siddiqui, and t ...
. His first collection of poems titled was published in 1966 followed by and in 1968. He learned the art of writing Urdu poems from his father and Nikahat Ali Adab Siddiqi.
A comprehensive appraisal on the works of Unwan Chishti conducted by Sughra Alam was published in 2003 titled – .http://connemara.tnopac.gov.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=290634 Earlier, , dealing with his life and works, had been published in 1995.
Bibliography
Books by Unwan Chishti:
1) Urdu poetry:
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2) Books (of research and criticism) by Unwan Chishti:
* ''Manaviyyat ki talaash''
* ''Aruzi aur fanni masail''
* ''Urdu shairi men haiat ke tajurbe''
* ''Tanqidi pairae''
* ''Tanqid se tahqiq tak''
* ''Tanqid namah''
* ''Makatib e Ahsan, ma’muqqaddamah va havashi''
* ''Urdu shaeri mein jadeeddiyat ki rawayat''
* ''Azadi ke bad Delhi mein urdu ghazal''
* ''Chand chakor aur chandani''
* ''Urdu mein classiki tanqid''
* ''Islah nama''
* ''Harf e barhana''
* ''Manzoom tarjume ka amal''
* ''Nazim e jadeed ki falsafiyana asas''
* ''Minar e sadaa''
* ''Urdu mein classiki tanqid''
* ''
Krishan Chander
Krishan Chander (23 November 1914 – 8 March 1977) was an Indian Urdu and Hindi writer of short stories and novels. Some of his works have also been translated in English. He was a prolific writer, penning over 20 novels, 30 collections o ...