Pen name Ashrafi, Wahab Name Wahab Ashrafi | ||
Born 2 June 1936Kako, Bihar ( 1936-06-02 ) | ||
Dr. Syed Abdul Wahab Ashrafi (Urdu/Persian/Arabic: سید عبدالوہاب اشرفی; Hindi: वहाब अशरफी ) (2 June 1936 - 15 July 2012) was an Indian literary critic and an eminent personality in the world of Urdu literature. He belonged to the family of the Sufi saint Hazrat Sultan Syed Makhdoom Ashraf Jahangir Semnani
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Early life
Wahab Ashrafi spent his early life in Kako village in Jehanabad district, Bihar.
Awards
Education
Wahab Ashrafi received Ph.D. (Urdu), MA in Urdu (Gold Medalist), M.A in Persian (Gold Medalist), M.A (English), LLB.
He is an ex-Professor and Head-of-Department of the Dept of Urdu at Ranchi University. He is also an Ex-Professor in Department of Linguistic at Jawahar Lal Nehru. University (JNU), New Delhi.
He is ex-chairman, Bihar University Service Commission and ex-chairman, Bihar Intermediate Council, Patna. Vice–President of the progressive writer association, World.