Nationality Indian Name Unwan Chishti | Role Poet Died February 1, 2004, Delhi | |
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Full Name Iftikhar ul Hasan Born 5 February 1937 ( 1937-02-05 ) Manglaur, District Haridwar, Uttarakhand, India Occupation Teacher at Jamia Millia Islamia University, was Head of Urdu Department – Retired as Dean of Faculty of Humanities and Languages in 1997 Known for Nazms, Ghazals , Criticism, Historian of Literature | ||
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Unwan Chishti (5 February 1937 – 1 February 2004) was an Urdu poet who gained repute as a poet, as a scholar, as a teacher and as a literary critic. He was the disciple of Abr Ahasani Gunnauri.
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Life
Unwan Chishti (Urdu: عنوان چشتی) (1937-2004) was born Iftikharul Hasan on 5 February 1937 in Manglaur, District Haridwar, Uttarakhand. He was the son of Pirzadah Shah Anwarul Hasan Anwar Manglauri. He completed his early education in Manglaur and Muzaffarnagar. After his graduation he got his M.A. (Geography) (1961), M.A. (Urdu) (1963), M.Litt. (1968), and Ph.D. (1973) Degrees. He worked as a lecturer in Shoaib Mohammadia College in Agra before joining Jamia Millia Islamia on 15 September 1964. He taught Urdu and rose to be the Head of Urdu Department, Jamia Millia Islamia University, Delhi; he retired in 1997 as Dean, 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. He has to his credit three published collections of poems – Zauq e Jamaal Nim baz and Aks o shakhs.
His literary career started in 1950 with the composition of his first ghazal. His first nazm Salaam ae musafir was published in 1953 in the Urdu Monthly Shair. His first collection of poems titled Zauq e jamaal was published in 1966 followed by Nim baaz and Aks o shakhs in 1968. He learnt 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 – Unwan Chishti Muhaqqiq, Shair and Naqid. Earlier, Paimana e Sifat dealing with his life and works had been published in 1995.