Nasir Abbas Nayyar Explained

Nasir Abbas Nayyar
ناصر عباس نیر
Birth Name:Nasir Abbas
ناصر عباس
Birth Date:1965 4, df=yes
Birth Place:Jhang, Pakistan
Nationality:Pakistani
Citizenship:Pakistan
Education:Ph.D Urdu
Alma Mater:Government College (University) Faisalabad, Pakistan
Notableworks:Jadid or Mabad Jadid Tanqid, Lisaniat or Tanqid, Matn, Siaq or Tanzur, Mabad Nau Abadiat(Urdu Kay Tanzur MeiN), Majid Amjid(Hayat, Sheriat or Jamaliat), Saqafti Shankht or Istemari Ijara Dari, Urdu Adab ki Tashkeel e Jadid
Spouse:Tahira Asmat
Children:Armughan Ahmad, Usama Ali, Areeb Shahnaz

Nasir Abbas Nayyar (Urdu: {{Nastaliq|ناصر عباس نیر) is a Pakistani Urdu language writer, critic, columnist, and essayist.[1] He has written books on poetry, literary theory and post colonial study of Urdu literature. He has produced some important books on structuralism and postmodernism and their influence on Urdu literature. A book on life and poetics of Majid Amjid is another his significant contribution. His most famous work is on Postcolonial Study of Urdu Literature published by Oxford University Press, Karachi, Pakistan titled Mabad Nau Abadiat (Urdu Kay Tanazur Mein) and Urdu Adab ki Tashkeel e Jadid. His books on post colonialism proved ground breaking works in Urdu.[2]

He regularly writes on literary issues in The News[3] and Dawn.[4]

Personal life

Nayyar was born on 25 April 1965 in a village of Jhang. He did his matriculation from Govt. High School Shorkot in 1981. He did his Master in Urdu from Government College University (Faisalabad) in 1990. He got his Ph.D. degree from Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan. He was awarded a post-doctoral fellowship by (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst) to pursue a research on Urdu courses of colonial period at Heidelberg University in 2011.[5]

Career

He is serving as professor at Institute of Urdu Language & Literature, Punjab University, Lahore in Urdu Literature http://pu.edu.pk/faculty/description/931/Dr-Nasir-Abbas-Nayyar.html. He is an honorary Editor of Bunyad - A Journal of Urdu Studies https://bunyad.lums.edu.pk/website/page/editorial-team since 2020.

He served as Director General of Urdu Science Board from December, 2017 till December, 2020.

Awards

His book Urdu Adab ki Tashkeel e Jadid won the best Urdu Book prize in at KLF 2017[6] and Uss Ko Ikk Shakhs Samajhna Tou Munasib Hi Nahin won the UBL Literary Award for Best Urdu Non-Fiction book in 2019.[7]

Bibliography

[8] Books

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://tns.thenews.com.pk/writers/nasir-a-nayyar/
  2. Web site: URDU CONFERENCE : The young(er) brigade makes its presence felt. 20 December 2015.
  3. Web site: Nasir Abbas Nayyar:The News on Sunday (TNS) » Weekly Magazine - the News International .
  4. https://www.dawn.com/authors/7385/nasir-abbas-nayyar
  5. Web site: University of the Punjab .
  6. Web site: Nasir Abbas Nayyar .
  7. Web site: UBL Literary Awards 2019 .
  8. pu.edu.pk/images/publication/1325518905931_pub.pdf
  9. News: The subtext of the text. The Hindu. 19 February 2015. Kidwai. Shafey.
  10. Web site: REVIEW: Majeed Amjad: Hayat, Shairiyaat aur Jamaliyaat. 14 December 2014.
  11. News: Metaphor as a mirror. The Hindu. 27 November 2015. Kidwai. Shafey.
  12. Web site: A scholarly work | TNS - the News on Sunday . 6 January 2016 . 12 December 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151212161745/http://tns.thenews.com.pk/scholarly-work/#.Vo1DvxWF7IU . dead .
  13. https://www.ubldirect.com/corporate/UBLLiteraryAward2019.aspx Won the UBL Literary Award for Best Urdu Non-Fiction book in 2019
  14. Web site: Coloniality, Modernity and Urdu Literature: Book review . May 17, 2024 . The Asian Mirror. 17 May 2024 .

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