Title Waheed Name Waheed Akhtar Era contemporary Role Poet | Education Osmania University Signature Region India | |
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Born 12 August 1934 ( 1934-08-12 ) Notable work(s) Paththaron Ka Mughanni, Shab Ka Razmiyah, Zanjeer ka Naghma, Karbala Ta Karbala, Early Imamiyah Shia Thinkers, etc Died December 13, 1996, Aurangabad |
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Syed Waheed Akhtar (Urdu: سید وحید اختر ) (12 August 1934 in Aurangabad (Deccan) – 13 December 1996) was an Urdu poet, writer, critic, orator, and a Muslim scholar and philosopher.
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- Works
- Poetry ghazals and nazms
- Marsia
- Prose
- Translations
- Foreign assignment
- References
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Works
According to Shamsur Rahman Faruqi, "Wahid Akhtar, regarded by many as a Modernist and by many others as Progressive, wrote that Modernism was really an extension of Progressivism". Akhtar is also considered by at least one writer to be among the few successful modern Urdu poets who took Marsia to new heights and gave it new direction in this age.
Poetry: ghazals and nazms
His following collections of poetry consist mostly of nazms and ghazals
Marsia
Karbala Ta Karbala (collection of Elegies on martyrs of Karbala– Urdu) –1991- consists of eight marasi (plural of marsia)
Prose
His writings in prose are literary criticism, philosophical writings, book reviews, columns and talks. Collection of his writings in Urdu prose have been published by National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language http://www.urducouncil.nic.in/ in six volumes as Kulliyat-e-Waheed Akhtar which is edited and compiled by Sarwarul Huda. Three volumes have already been published and the other three remain to be published.
Prose
Translations
Foreign assignment
Editor of Al-Tawhid (English) a journal of philosophy and culture, Islamic Propagation Organization, Tehran, Iran – May 1984-April 1987.