Khaleel-Ur-Rehman Azmi (9 August 1927 – 1 June 1978), also known as Khalil al-Rehman Azmi, was an

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poet and literary critic who was born in the village Seedhan Sultanpur in the district of Azamgarh. Azmi's father Muhammad Shafi was a deeply religious man. Azmi matriculated from Shibli National High School in

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in 1945. He gained his bachelor's degree in 1948 and his M.A. in

from

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. During this period he tutored the British scholar of Urdu,

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. He gained his

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in Urdu in 1957 from Aligarh Muslim University for a dissertation entitled: ''Urdu Mein Tarraqipasand Adabi Tahrik''. In 1952 he became a

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in Aligarh Muslim University's Department of Urdu. Four years later, he became a Reader and continued in that role until his death from leukemia in 1978. He was posthumously elevated to the rank of Professor. He started writing during his early school days and composed poems for ''Payami taleem'', a children's literary magazine. Proficient in both prose and poetry, he was one of the pioneers of

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in Urdu and was also aligned with the Progressive Writers Movement. He received the Ghalib Award for Urdu Poetry in 1978. List of the recipients of Ghalib Award edited by Shaikh Afzal azmi

Work and contributions

* ''Kaghzi Pairahan'' (1953): a collection of poetry,

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 ...

s and

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s. * ''Naya Ahad Nama'' (1965): a collection of poetry,

s and

s. * ''Nai Nazm Ka Safar'' (edited): a collection of Urdu poetry from 1936 to 1972 * ''Fikr-o-Fan'' (1956) * ''Zawiay-e-Nigah'' (1966) * ''Mazameen-e-Nau'' (1977): a work of

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* ''Muqaddama-e-Kalam-e-Aatish'' * ''Taraqqi Pasand Tahreek'' (1965) * ''Urdu Mein Taraqqi Pasand Adabi Tahreek'' (1972) * zindagi ae zindagi ( 1983)

References

External links

Urdu Poetry Archive

Urdu point, Urdu poetry of Khalil-ur-Rehman Azmi

* http://www.urdupoetry.com/krazmi.html * http://aligarhmovement.com/aligarians/Khalil-ur-Rehman-Azm * http://www.urduyouthforum.org/urduShayri_Khalil_ur_Rahman_Azmi.php?poet=Khalil%20ur%20Rahman%20Azmi * http://forum.urduworld.com/f863/ * http://www.bestghazals.net/2007/05/khalil-ur-rahman-azmis-ghazal.html * http://www.urdupoint.com/poetry/book288-poet194 {{DEFAULTSORT:Azmi 1927 births 1978 deaths People from Azamgarh Aligarh Muslim University alumni People from Aligarh Indian literary critics Urdu-language poets from India 20th-century Indian poets Indian male poets Poets from Uttar Pradesh 20th-century Indian male writers Recipients of Ghalib Award

Work and contributions

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