Khaleel-Ur-Rehman Azmi

Khaleel-Ur-Rehman Azmi (9 August 1927 – 1 June 1978^[1]), also known as Khalil al-Rehman Azmi, was an Urdu poet and literary critic who was born in the village Seedhan Sultanpur in the district of Azamgarh.^{[citation needed]}

Khaleel-Ur-Rehman Aazmi
Born	(1927-08-09)9 August 1927 Azamgarh, United Provinces, British India
Died	1 June 1978(1978-06-01) (aged 50) Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India
Alma mater	Aligarh Muslim University
Occupation	Poet

Azmi's father Muhammad Shafi was a deeply religious man.^{[citation needed]} Azmi matriculated from Shibli National High School in Azamgarh in 1945. He gained his bachelor's degree in 1948 and his M.A. in Urdu from Aligarh Muslim University.^[2] During this period he tutored the British scholar of Urdu, Ralph Russell.^[3] He gained his Doctor of Philosophy in Urdu in 1957 from Aligarh Muslim University for a dissertation entitled: Urdu Mein Tarraqipasand Adabi Tahrik.^{[citation needed]}

In 1952 he became a Lecturer 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.^{[citation needed]}

He started writing during his early school days and composed poems for Payami taleem, a children's literary magazine.^{[citation needed]} Proficient in both prose and poetry, he was one of the pioneers of Modernism in Urdu and was also aligned with the Progressive Writers Movement.^{[citation needed]} He received the Ghalib Award for Urdu Poetry in 1978.^[4] edited by Shaikh Afzal azmi

Work and contributions

• Kaghzi Pairahan (1953): a collection of poetry, nazms and ghazals.
• Naya Ahad Nama (1965): a collection of poetry, nazms and ghazals.
• 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 literary criticism
• Muqaddama-e-Kalam-e-Aatish
• Taraqqi Pasand Tahreek (1965)
• Urdu Mein Taraqqi Pasand Adabi Tahreek (1972)
• zindagi ae zindagi ( 1983)

References

1. "Khalilur Rahman Azmi - Profile & Biography". Rekhta. 9 August 1927. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
2. Shakil-ur-Rehman, "Khalil-ur-Rahman Azmi", Encyclopaedia of Indian literature, Vol. 1, p. 319.
3. Ralph Russell, Urdu and I
4. . Archived from the original on 20 October 2013. Retrieved 5 August 2012. List of the recipients of Ghalib Award

Further reading

• Khaleel-ur-Rehman number, Sha'ir (monthly)
• Jadeed Sha'iri ke Naye Chiragh, Shakeel-ur-Rehman

External links

• Urdu Poetry Archive
• Urdu point, Urdu poetry of Khalil-ur-Rehman Azmi
• Shayari, Ghazals & Poetry^{[permanent dead link]}
• http://www.urdupoetry.com/krazmi.html
• http://aligarhmovement.com/aligarians/Khalil-ur-Rehman-Azm^{[permanent dead link]}
• http://www.urduyouthforum.org/urduShayri_Khalil_ur_Rahman_Azmi.php?poet=Khalil%20ur%20Rahman%20Azmi 1 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine
• http://forum.urduworld.com/f863/
• http://www.bestghazals.net/2007/05/khalil-ur-rahman-azmis-ghazal.html
• http://www.urdupoint.com/poetry/book288-poet194