Zahid Hussain (born 18 February 1940), better known by the
pen name
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Wasim Barelvi, is an Indian
Urdu
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-language
poet
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. He was born in
Bareilly
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,
Uttar Pradesh
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.
His
ghazal
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s, many sung by
Jagjit Singh
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, are very popular. He has been awarded with the "Firaq Gorakhpuri International Award", the Kalidas gold medal (by the Haryana government, in recognition for his services in the field of Urdu and Hindi poetry);
the Begum Akhtar Kala Dharmi award;
and the Naseem-e-Urdu award.
Barelvi is Vice-Chairman of the
(NCPUL).
He has also performed at
Culrav 2012 (the cultural event of
NIT Allahabad). He is also
Member of Legislative Council of Uttar Pradesh since 2016.
Selected works
*
*''Tabassum-e-Gham'' (Urdu) (1966)
* ''Aansu Mere Daman Tera'' (Hindi) (1990)
* ''Mizaj'' (Urdu) (1990)
* ''Aankh Aansu Hui'' (Urdu) (2000)
* ''Mera kya'' (Hindi) (2000)
* ''Aankhon Aankhon Rahe'' (Urdu) (2007)
* ''Mera kya'' (Urdu) (2007)
* ''Mausam Andar Bahar Ke'' (Urdu) (2007)
* ''Charagh'' (Devnagri) (2016)
* ''
Pyar Ke Do Naam'' (Hindi Movie) (2024)
References
Urdu-language poets from India
Living people
1940 births
People from Bareilly
20th-century Indian Muslims
21st-century Indian Muslims
Indian male poets
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