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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.
Life
Chishti was born Iftikharul Hasan in Manglaur, Haridwar district, 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.Lit. (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 of the Faculty of Humanities and Languages.
Literary career
Chishti 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 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 – Unwan Chishti Muhaqqiq, Shair and Naqid. Earlier, Paimana e Sifat, dealing with his life and works, had been published in 1995.
Bibliography
Books by Unwan Chishti:
1) Urdu poetry:
Nim Baaz
Zauq e Jamaal
Aks o shakhs
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: Hayat o Khidmat
References
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