Sahir Hoshiarpuri () (), born Ram Parkash Sharma () ()
was an
Urdu
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poet from
India
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. He wrote several poetry books; his main form was
ghazal
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. Moreover, his several ghazals have been sung by leading singers including
Jagjit Singh
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.
Biography
Early life
Sahir Hoshiarpuri was born on 5 March 1913 and raised in
Hoshiarpur
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,
Punjab
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, India. He received his education at Government College. He earned his M.A degree in
Persian
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in 1935. He was a disciple of
Josh Malsiyani who belonged to the Daagh School of Urdu Poetry.
During his college days he came into contact with
Mehr Lal Soni 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 ...
who was studying at
Forman Christian College
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nearby
Lahore
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, their friendship lasted a lifetime. They were both residing in
Kanpur
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.
He died on 18 December 1994 in
Delhi
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, India.
Literary career
Sahir Hoshiarpuri and
Naresh Kumar Shad also edited and published the Urdu Journal ''Chandan''.
He has written several books but only five published collections of him are available. In 1989 he was given the Ghalib Award by the Ghalib Institute in recognition of his literary contributions.
See also
*
List of Urdu language poets
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Bibliography
* ''Jal Tarang''
* ''Sahar e ghazal'' (1959)
* ''Sahar e naghma'' (1970)
* ''Sahar e haraf'' (1982)
* ''Sahar e khayal'' (1990)
* ''Nuqoosh e Dagh''
References
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1913 births
1994 deaths
Hindu poets
Urdu-language poets from India
Indian male poets
People from Hoshiarpur
20th-century Indian poets
Poets from Punjab, India
20th-century Indian male writers