Native name مرزا ادیب (Urdu) Name Mirza Adeeb Ethnicity Punjabi | Pen name Meerza Adeeb Education Islamia College | |
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Occupation Dramatist, short-story writer Nationality British Indian(1914–1947)Pakistani(1947–1999) Died July 31, 1999, Lahore, Pakistan | ||
Mirza Adeeb - Lahoo or Qaleen Intro
Mirza Adeeb, (Urdu: مرزا ادیب—Mirzā Adīb; 4 April 1914 — 31 July 1999), also known as Meerza Adeeb, (میرزا ادیب—Mīrzā Adīb), was a Pakistani Urdu writer of drama and short story. His plays and short stories won him six prizes and awards from the Pakistan Writers’ Guild.
Contents
- Mirza Adeeb Lahoo or Qaleen Intro
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- Name
- Early life
- Plays
- Other works
- Style
- Works
- Awards
- References
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Name
Mirza Adeeb’s birth name was Mirza Dilawer, but he came to be known in the literary world as Mirza Adeeb. (‘Mirza’ denotes the rank of a high nobleman or Prince, and ‘Adeeb’ means ‘Litterateur’.)
Early life
He was born in 1914, in Lahore, British India to Mirza Basheer Ali. He attended Government Islamia High School, Bhati Gate, Lahore. He got his Bachelor of Arts degree from Islamia College, Lahore. In the beginning, he made poetry his device, but later pursued his interest in playwriting as his métier.
Plays
At first, being influenced from the Rūmānwī Tẹḥrīk, (رومانوی تحریک—Urdu for The Romanticist Movement), he wrote romantic prose.
Later, he switched to writing plays about everyday events and incidents taking place in the society; focusing more on social problems and quotidian issues. His later works were pragmatist and verisimilitudinous. He used simple and everyday language in his plays, which enabled them to get a greater audience. Moreover, he had begun writing one-act dramas, which made them easier to broadcast over radio and television. When he affiliated himself with Radio Pakistan, many of his plays were broadcast and they gained popularity in the masses. He is listed as a prominent Urdu playwright of the Modern Era.
Other works
His main works, other than dramas, include stories and biographies. He also wrote critical essays and commentaries on books, besides writing columns in newspapers. He was also influenced by the Taraqqī-Pasasnd Tẹḥrīk (ترقّی-پسند تحریک—Urdu for Progressive Movement). Besides, he also discharged his duties as the editor of many magazines, of which the most notable is ‘Adab-e Laṭīf’, (ادبِ لطیف—Urdu for ‘Humorous Literature’). He also translated some American stories to Urdu. Furthermore, he wrote numerous stories for children.
Style
Following are the main features of Mirza Adeeb's style of writing:
Works
- ‘Āⁿsū aur Sitārē’ (آنسو اور ستارے, Urdu for ‘Tears and the Stars’),
- ‘Lahū aur Qālīn’ (لہو اور قالین, Urdu for ‘the Blood and the Carpet’),
- ‘Šīšē kī Dīwār’ (شیشے کی دیوار, Urdu for ‘the Wall of Glass’),
- ‘Sutūn’ (ستون, Urdu for ‘the Pillar’),
- ‘Faṣīl-e Šab’ (فصیلِ شب, Urdu for ‘Part of the Night’),
- ‘Pas-e Pardah’ (پسِ پرده, Urdu for ‘Beneath the Veil’, 1967),
- ‘Xāk Našīn’ (خاک نشین, Urdu for ‘the Earth Dwellers’) and
- ‘Šīšah Mērē Saŋg’ (شیشہ میرے سنگ, Urdu for ‘the Glass With Me’).
- ‘Jaŋgal’ (جنگل, Urdu for ‘the Jungle’),
- ‘Dīwārēⁿ’ (دیواریں, Urdu for ‘the Walls’),
- ‘Kambal’ (کمبل, Urdu for ‘the Blanket’).