Jumai Khan Azad | |
Birth Name: | Jumai Khan Azad |
Birth Date: | 5 August 1930 |
Birth Place: | Pratapgarh, India |
Death Date: | 29 December 2013 |
Death Place: | Gobri village, Pratapgarh |
Nationality: | Indian |
Known For: | Poetry in Awadhi language |
Jumai Khan Azad (5 August 1930 – 29 December 2013) was an Indian poet of Awadhi language from Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh, India. He received the Awadhi Academy Award and Lokabandhu Rajnarayan Memorial Award.[1] [2]
Azad was born in Gobri village in Pratapgarh in Uttar Pradesh to father Siddiqui Ahmed and mother Hameeda Bano.
Azad published 21 books of poetry.
He died on 29 December 2013.[3] [4]