Bismil Saeedi (1901–1977) (بسمل سعیدی), hailing from

Tonk, India Tonk is a town in Tonk district of the Indian state of Rajasthan. The town of Tonk is situated 95 km (60 mi) by road south from Jaipur, near the right bank of the Banas River. It is the administrative headquarters of Tonk District. T ...

was an

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who mainly wrote

ghazal ''Ghazal'' is a form of amatory poem or ode, originating in Arabic poetry that often deals with topics of spiritual and romantic love. It may be understood as a poetic expression of both the pain of loss, or separation from the beloved, and t ...

s. Bismil Saeedi who had settled in

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died in Delhi on 26 September 1977.

Literary life

The Urdu poets of Tonk preferred the style and mannerism of Momin to that of

Ghalib Mirza Asadullah Beg Khan (27 December 179715 February 1869), commonly known as Mirza Ghalib, was an Indian poet. Widely regarded as one of the greatest poets in the Urdu language, he also produced a significant body of work in Persian. Ghali ...

. A master of classic diction Bismil Saeedi wrote mainly

ghazals ''Ghazal'' is a form of amatory poem or ode, originating in Arabic poetry that often deals with topics of spiritual and romantic love. It may be understood as a poetic expression of both the pain of loss, or separation from the beloved, and t ...

. He was a recipient of Ghalib Award and Nehru Award. A collection of his ghazals titled ''Auraq e Zindagi'' was published by P.K.Publications in the year 1971. And, another collection of his ghazals, selected and compiled by Makhmoor Saeedi, titled ''Intikhab e kalam e Bismil Saidi'' was published by the Urdu Akadmi, Delhi. In 2007 his complete works titled ''Kulliyat e Bismil Saeedi'' were published by the Sahitya Akademi. His other poetical works are ''Mushhidat'', ''Kaif e Alam'' and ''Nishat e gham''. In 2011, Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University awarded the Ph.D. Degree to Sabiha Kausar Badruddin Ansari on her doctoral dissertation – "Bismil Saeedi – Hayat aur Shairi" (Bismil Saeedi – Life and poetry). A detailed appraisal of his life and works titled ''Bismil Saeedi-shakhs aur shair'' compiled jointly by

Gopal Mittal Gopal Mittal (1906–1993) (Urdu: گوپال مِتّل) was an Urdu poet, writer, critic and journalist. Biography Gopal Mittal was born on 6 June 1906 in Malerkotla, Punjab Province, British India. His father, Walayati Ram Jain, was a renowne ...

Makhmoor Saeedi Makhmoor Saeedi (31 December 1938 – 2 March 2010) (Urdu: مخمور سعیدی) was an Urdu poet, writer, translator and journalist from Tonk, Rajasthan, India. Biography Makhmoor Saeedi was born on 31 December 1938 in Tonk, India. His fat ...

and Prem Gopal Mittal was published by Nishanil Akademi, New Delhi, in 1976.

Zia Fatehabadi Mehr Lal Soni (9 February 1913 – 19 August 1986), better known as Zia Fatehabadi, was an Indian Urdu ghazal and nazm writer. He was a disciple (shaagird) of Syed Aashiq Hussain Siddiqui Seemab Akbarabadi (1882–1951), who was a disciple ...

, also a disciple of Seemab Akbarabadi, had through his 1975

nazm ''Nazm'' () is a major part of Urdu and Sindhi poetry that is normally written in rhymed verse and also in modern prose-style poems. is a significant genre of Urdu and Sindhi poetry; the other one is known as ghazal. is significantly written ...

, ''Bismil e ghazal'', eulogised his senior whose

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, ''Bismil'', means, "the wounded".

Bibliography

* ''Auraq e zindagi'' * ''Intikhab e kalam e Bismil Saeedi'' * ''Kulliyat e Bismil Saeedi'' * ''Mushhidat'' * ''Kaif e Alam'' * ''Nishat e gham''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Saeedi, Bismil 1901 births 1977 deaths Urdu-language poets from India Muslim poets Poets from Rajasthan 20th-century Indian poets Indian male poets 20th-century Indian male writers