| Masud Hassan Rizavi | |
| Birth Date: | 1893 |
| Birth Place: | Bahraich, North-Western Provinces, India |
| Death Date: | 1975 |
| Occupation: | Writer, scholar |
| Known For: | Urdu literature |
| Awards: | Padma Shri |
Adib Masud Hassan Rizavi (1893 - 1975) was an Indian author[1] and a scholar of Urdu literature.[2] [3] Born in 1893 in Bahraich in the North-Western Provinces of British India, he did his early college studies at the Canning College, Lucknow after which he secured a master's degree in Persian literature from Lucknow University. He started his career as a junior lecturer at the Lucknow University in 1927 and rose to become the head of the department of Urdu and Persian in 1930 from where he retired in 1954.[4]
Rizavi published his first book, Imtihan-i-Wafa in 1918 which was a translation of an Alfred Lord Tennyson work. Hamari Shayari, Lucknow ka Shahi Stage,[5] Lucknow ka Awami Stage,[6] Urdu Zaban aur Uska Rasm-i-kat, Mutafarriqat-e-Ghalib,[7] Anisyat, Wajid Ali Shah, Madras-e-Rekhta and Azeezi Lucknowi[8] are some of his other notable publications, the last four books getting released after his death in 1975. His life and works have been documented in a book, Saiyyid Masud Hasan Rizavi adīb: hiyāt aur adabi khidmāt, written by Vasim Ārā and published in 1990.[9] Rizavi, whose son, Naiyer Masud, is also a known short story writer, was honoured by the Government of India in 1970 with Padma Shri, the fourth highest Indian civilian award.[10]
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