Abid Ali Abid Explained
| Abid Ali Abid |
| Birth Date: | 17 September 1906 |
| Birth Place: | Dera Ismail Khan, British India |
| Death Place: | Lahore, Pakistan |
| Occupation: | Poet, Educator |
| Language: | Urdu, Persian |
| Nationality: | Pakistani |
| Notable Works: | Talismaat, Shahbaz Khan, Main Kabhi Ghazal na Kahta, Usool-E-Intequade-Adabiyat, Shar-i-Iqbal |
Abid Ali Abid (Urdu/Persian: سید عابد علی عابد) was a Pakistani Urdu and Persian poet and educator who was born on 17 September 1906 in Dera Ismail Khan, British India and died in Lahore, Pakistan on 20 January 1971.[1] [2] [3]
Life
He wrote books on literary criticism in Urdu and Persian. He also initiated and edited several literary journals, one of which is Sahifa-Lahore. He also was one of the initial drama writers and feature writers at the newly established Radio Pakistan Lahore in the late 1940s and 1950s. He survived three heart attacks but succumbed to the fourth in 1971.[4]
Selected work
Books
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- Talismaat (The Magic), Urdu fiction, Hashmi Book Depot Lahore, Pakistan
- Shahbaz Khan, Urdu fiction,, Sang-e-Meel Publications, Pakistan
- Main Kabhi Ghazal na Kahta, Urdu poetry,, Sang-e-Meel Publications, Pakistan
- Usool-E-Intequade-Adabiyat (Rules of Literary Criticism)
- Shar-i-Iqbal, (A criticism of Iqbal's Poetry), / 969351436X, Sang-e-Meel Publications, Pakistan
- Political Theory of the Shi'ties, Part of the history of Muslim philosophy.
- Asloob, an Urdu book on literary criticism
- Albayan, an Urdu book on literary criticism
- Al Badeeh (Mohsinaat e Shairi Ka Intaqadi Jaiza): (Criticism of the Characteristics of Urdu poetry)
References
- Web site: Death anniversary of Abid Ali Abid being observed. Dunya News . 17 September 1906 . 14 April 2020.
- Book: Talbot, I. . Kamran . T. . Lahore in the Time of the Raj . Random House Publishers India Pvt. Limited . 2016 . 978-93-86057-55-6 . 14 April 2020 . 79.
- Web site: Abid Ali Abid Poetry - Love & Sad Shayari, Ghazals, Nazams . UrduPoint . 17 September 1906 . 14 April 2020.
- Urdu text book for BA, Published by Prince Books, Lahore Pakistan, 2005 (A book for Urdu as elective subject in BA)
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