| Name(s) |
FIRAQ GORAKHPURI
(Birth name: RAGHUPATI SAHAY) |
| Date of
Birth |
August 28, 1896
– Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. |
| Date of
Death |
March 03, 1982
– New Delhi, India. |
|
Identity |
Writer, Critic, and one of the
most noted contemporary Urdu Poets from
India. |
|
Date-wise Events / Works |
- His major and notable works include:
- Gul-e-Naghma
- Gul-e-Ra'naa
- Mash'aal
- Rooh-e-Kaayenaat
- Roop (Rubaayi)
- Shabistaan
- Sargam
- Bazm-e-Zindagi
- Rang-e-Shayri .
- He had written more than a dozen volumes of Urdu poetry,
a half dozen of Urdu prose, several volumes on literary
themes in Hindi, as well as four volumes of English prose
on literary and cultural subjects.
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Other Events &
Developments |
- He established himself among
peers including Muhammad Iqbal,
Yagana Changezi, Jigar Moradabadi
and Josh Malihabadi.
- He was very apt in literary
criticism through his poetry.
- He was selected for the
Provincial Civil Services (P.C.S.)
and the Indian Civil Services
(I.C.S.), but he resigned to follow
Mahatma Gandhi's Non-co-operation
movement, for which he also had the
taste of imprisonment.
- Later, he joined Allahabad
University as a lecturer in English
Literature.
- It was there that he wrote most
of his Urdu poetry, including his
magnum opus Gul-e-Naghma which
earned him the highest literary
award of India, the Jnanpeeth
Award, and also the 1960 Sahitya
Akademi Award in Urdu.
- During his life, he was given
the positions of Research Professor
at the University Grants Commission
and Producer Emeritus by All India
Radio.
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Awards and Accolades |
- 1960 – Sahitya Akademi
Award in Urdu
- 1968 – Padma Bhushan
- 1968 – Soviet Land Nehru Award
- 1969 – Jnanpith
Award (First Jnanpith Award
for Urdu literature)
- 1970 – Sahitya Akademi
Fellowship
- 1981 – Ghalib Academi Award
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