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Urdu critics
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The list Urdu critics includes
Iftikhar Arif, Qabil Ajmeri, Abul Khair Kashfi, Aslam Farrukhi and Shan-ul-Haq Haqqee.
The list consists of 50 members.
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Iftikhar Arif
Urdu poet
Overview: Iftikhar Hussain Arif (Urdu: افتخار حسین عارف; born 21 March 1944), is an Urdu poet, scholar and littérateur from Pakistan. His style is romantic Urdu poetry. He has headed the Pakistan Academy ...
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Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi
Pakistani writer
Overview: Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi (Urdu: احمد ندیم قاسمی) born Ahmad Shah Awan (Urdu: احمد شاہ اعوان) on 20 November 1916 – died 10 July 2006, was an Urdu language Pakistani poet, journalist, literary ...Date of birth: 20 November 1916Date of death: 10 January 2006Age: 89 (age at death)Nationality: PakistaniOccupation: JournalistGender: Male 0
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Shamim Hanfi
Urdu writer
Overview: Shamim Hanafi (17 November 1938 – 6 May 2021) was an Indian Urdu critic, dramatist and a proponent of modernist movement in Urdu literature. His books on modernism include The Philosophical Foundation ... 0
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Ain-ul-Haq Faridkoti
Pakistani linguistOverview: Wikipedia is hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation, a non-profit organization that also hosts a range of other projects: 0
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Idris Azad
Pakistani writer
Overview: Idris Azad (Urdu: ادریس آزاد, born Idrees Ahmad Urdu: ادریس احمد) on 7 August 1969, is an author, philosopher, novelist, poet, dramatist and columnist. He has written several books on fiction ... 0
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Qabil Ajmeri
Indian-Pakistani Urdu poetOverview: Qabil Ajmeri (27 August 1931 – 3 October 1962 Urdu: قابل اجميري, Hindi: क़ाबिल अजमेरी) was a Pakistani Urdu poet.Date of birth: 27 August 1931Date of death: 3 October 1962Age: 31 (age at death)Nationality: IndianOccupation: Poet 0
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Hussain Ul Haque
Indian criticOverview: Hussain Ul Haque (born 1949) is an Urdu critic, writer and theorist with a sufi approach in his thought and writings. 0
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Fakhar Zaman
Pakistani poet
Overview: Fakhar Zaman (Urdu: فخر زمان) was the chairman of the Pakistan Academy of Letters from 11 May 2008 to 12 March 2012, when Abdul Hameed replaced him as the next appointed chairman of the body. A ... 0
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Sahar Ansari
Poet, critic and scholarOverview: Professor Sahar Ansari, TI (Urdu: سحر انصاری) (Born: 27 Dec 1939, Aurangabad, Maharashtra) is an Urdu poet and linguist from Karachi, Pakistan. He remained associated with the University of Karachi as ...Nationality: PakistaniOccupation: Writer 0
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Abul Khair Kashfi
Pakistani linguistOverview: Muhammad Abul Khair Kashfi (Urdu: سید محمد ابو الخیر کشفی) was a Pakistani author, researcher, critic, linguist and scholar of Urdu literature and linguistics.Date of birth: 19 February 1932Date of death: 15 May 2008Age: 76 (age at death)Nationality: PakistaniOccupation: Writer 0
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Shamsur Rahman Faruqi
Indian Urdu language poet, author, critic, and theorist (1935–2020)
Overview: Shamsur Rahman Faruqi was an Indian poet and an Urdu critic and theorist. He formulated fresh models of literary appreciation. He absorbed western principles of literary criticism and subsequently applied ...Date of birth: 15 January 1935Date of death: 25 December 2020Age: 85 (age at death)Nationality: IndianOccupation: WriterGender: Male 0
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Jamiluddin Aali
Writer, scholar, Urdu poet from Pakistan (1926–2015)Overview: Nawabzada Mirza Jamiluddin Ahmed Khan PP, HI (20 January 1925 – 23 November 2015), better known as Jamiluddin Aali or Aaliji, was a Pakistani poet, critic, playwright, essayist, columnist, and scholar ...Date of birth: 20 January 1926Date of death: 23 November 2015Age: 89 (age at death)Nationality: IndianOccupation: Writer 0
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Ishtiaq Hussain Qureshi
Pakistani scholarOverview: Ishtiaq Hussain Qureshi (Urdu: اشتیاق حسين قریشی ) (20 November 1903 – 22 January 1981) popularly known as I.H. Qureshi), SP, HI, was a Pakistani historian, scholar, writer, and a professor ...Date of birth: 20 November 1903Date of death: 22 January 1981Age: 77 (age at death)Nationality: PakistaniOccupation: Writer 0
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Aslam Farrukhi
Pakistani writerOverview: Aslam Farrukhi (Urdu: اسلم فرخی) (23 October 1923 – 15 June 2016) was an Urdu author, literary critic, linguist, scholar and radio scriptwriter from Pakistan. He is also known for writing children's ...Date of birth: 23 October 1923Date of death: 15 June 2016Age: 92 (age at death)Nationality: PakistaniOccupation: Writer 0
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Farman Fatehpuri
Urdu linguist, writer and critic
Overview: Farman Fatehpuri (Urdu: فرمان فتح پوری) (born Syed Dildar Ali (Urdu: سید دلدار علی), 26 January 1926 – 3 August 2013) was an eminent Urdu linguist, researcher, writer, critic and scholar ...Date of birth: 26 January 1926Date of death: 3 August 2013Age: 87 (age at death)Nationality: PakistaniOccupation: Writer 0
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Jameel Jalibi
Pakistani academic
Overview: Jameel Jalibi (Urdu: جمیل جالبی) was a noted linguist, critic, writer, and scholar of Urdu literature and linguistics from Pakistan. He also was Vice-Chancellor at the University of Karachi.Date of birth: 12 June 1929Date of death: 18 April 2019Age: 89 (age at death)Nationality: PakistaniOccupation: Writer 0
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Shan-ul-Haq Haqqee
Pakistani writerOverview: Shan-ul-Haq Haqqee (Urdu: شان الحق حقی), Sitara-e-Imtiaz, Tamgha-e-Quaid-i-Azam, was a notable Urdu poet, writer, journalist, broadcaster, translator, critic, researcher, linguist and lexicographer ...Date of birth: 15 December 1917Date of death: 11 October 2005Age: 87 (age at death)Nationality: PakistaniOccupation: Writer 0
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Jon Elia
Pakistani academic
Overview: Syed Hussain Jaun Asghar Naqvi, commonly known as Jaun Elia (Urdu: جون ایلیا, 14 December 1931 – 8 November 2002), was an Indo-Pak Urdu poet, philosopher, biographer, and scholar. He was the brother ...Date of birth: 14 December 1931Date of death: 8 November 2002Age: 70 (age at death)Nationality: PakistaniOccupation: Writer 0
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Ghulam Mustafa Khan
Pakistani writer and academic
Overview: Ghulam Mustafa Khan, SI (Urdu: ڈاکٹر غلام مصطفیٰ خان) (23 September 1912 – 25 September 2005) was a researcher, literary critic, linguist, author, scholar of Urdu literature and linguistics, ed ... 0
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Hasan Askari
Writer
Overview: Muhammad Hasan Askari (Urdu: محمد حسَن عسکری) (1919 – 18 January 1978) was a Pakistani scholar, literary critic, writer and linguist of modern Urdu language. Initially "Westernized", he translated ...Date of birth: 5 November 1919Date of death: 18 January 1978Age: 58 (age at death)Nationality: PakistaniOccupation: Writer 0
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