Niaz Fatehpuri نیاز فتحپوری | |
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| Born | Niaz Mohammed Khan 1884 (1884) Nayi Ghat,Barabanki district |
| Died | 24 May 1966(1966-05-24) (aged 81–82) Karachi, Pakistan |
| Alma mater | Madrasa Islamia Fatehpur |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Known for | Urdu poet, writer,polemicist |
| Awards | Padma Bhushan(1962) |
Niaz Fatehpuri (1884–1966) was thepen name of Niyaz Muhammed Khan,[1] aPakistaniUrdu poet, writer, and polemicist. He was also the founder and editor ofNigar. In 1962, he was awarded thePadma Bhushan by thePresident of India for "Literature and Education."
Niaz Fatehpuri was born in 1884 at Nayi Ghat,Barabanki district,[2] in what is nowUttar Pradesh during theBritish Raj. He died in 1966 inKarachi,Pakistan. Niaz Fatehpuri’s real name wasMawlānā Niyaz Muhammad Khan. He was educated at Madrasa Islamia inFatehpur,Madrasa Alia inRampur, andDarul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama inLucknow. He resigned his post in 1902 as a PoliceSub-Inspector after working in this capacity for a couple of years.[citation needed] Thereafter, he worked in different posts until 1921, when he started editing and publishing his famous monthly journal,Nigar, which served as a mirror to the literary scene in Uttar Pradesh till his migration to Pakistan in the early sixties.[citation needed]
His publications include:
Niaz Fatehpuri was a fiction-writer of repute, whoseUrdu short-stories, which are poems in prose, are considered to be on a par with those of MunshiPremchand and find a prominent place inUrdu literature. He was also an Urdu poet and critic, and apolemicist who dared to raise his voice againstFundamentalism.
Until he migrated toPakistan in 1962,[3] he had continued to publish and editNigar theUrdu monthly journal, which he had launched in 1921. This was originally published fromAgra, then fromBhopal and subsequently fromLucknow. It is still published fromKarachi byFarman Fatehpuri.[citation needed]
Niaz Fatehpuri wrote onUrdu literature, on religion and on the many evils affecting the social fabric ofIndia in his time. He has more than two dozen major works to his credit. He was awarded thePadma Bhushan in 1962 for his services toUrdu.[4]
He died inKarachi, Pakistan on 24 May 1966.[5]
In 1974,Malik Ram included him in his award-winning book of essaysWoh Surten Ilahi (The Immortals) on nine unforgettable giants in the Urdu literary world.[6]
In 1986, the Urdu Academy in Karachi published the book "Niaz Fatehpuri:Shakhsiyat aur Fikr–o–Fan" byFarman Fatehpuri on the life and literary works of Niaz Fatehpuri.[7]
He is the father ofSarfaraz Niazi, who has translated Ghalib's poetry into English in two books titledLove Sonnets of Ghalib andThe Wine of Passion, both published by Ferozsons, Lahore, Pakistan.[8]
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