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| birth_place = [[Raebareli]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]
| occupation = [[Urdu Poet]], [[writer]]
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| awards = Sahitya Akademi Award for Urdu Literature (2014).<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Dec 20|first1=TNN / Updated|last2=2014|last3=Ist|first3=01:37|title=Munawwar Rana wins Sahitya Akademi award {{!}} Lucknow News - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Munawwar-Rana-wins-Sahitya-Akademi-award/articleshow/45580647.cms|access-date=2020-11-06|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref>(returned in 2015<ref>{{Cite web|title=Urdu Poet Munawwar Rana Returns Sahitya Akademi Award|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/urdu-poet-munawwar-rana-returns-sahitya-akademi-award-1233655|access-date=2020-11-06|website=NDTV.com}}</ref>)
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'''Munawwar Rana''' (born 26 November 1952) is an Urdu poet from India.<ref>https://archive.siasat.com/news/news-about-famous-urdu-poet-munawwar-ranas-death-goes-viral-heres-what-poet-himself-says-1464575/</ref>

==Early life==
Munawwar Rana was born in [[Rae Bareli]], Uttar Pradesh in 1952, but spent most of his life in [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]].<ref>{{Cite news|url = http://poetryone.com/biographies-of-poets/munawwar-rana-biography/|title = Biography of a Popular Indian Urdu Shayar : Munawwar Rana Saheb|date = 19 Oct 2015|work = Poetryone.com}}</ref>

==Poetic style==
He uses [[Hindi]] and [[Awadhi language|Awadhi words]] and avoids [[Persian language|Persian]] and [[Arabic]]. This makes his poetry accessible to Indian audiences and explains his popularity in the poetic meets held in non-Urdu areas.<ref>{{Cite news|url = http://www.thenews.com.pk/article-123109-Dallas:-Urdu-Hindi-Mushaira-to-be-organized-on-Oct-25|title = Dallas: Urdu-Hindi Mushaira to be organized on Oct 25|date = 19 Oct 2015|work = [[The News International]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/07/30/stories/2007073050590200.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090318145922/http://www.hindu.com/2007/07/30/stories/2007073050590200.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 March 2009|work=[[The Hindu]]|title=Some sprinkles of honey-dipped verses|date=2007-07-30|access-date=28 October 2015}}</ref>

==''Ghazals''==
Munawwar has published several ''[[ghazal]]s''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vaniprakashan.in/auth-details.php?wid=599|title=Author Profile :Vani Prakashan|work=vaniprakashan.in|access-date=28 October 2015}}</ref> He has a distinct style of writing. Most of his ''shers'' ([[couplet]]s) have Mother as the centre point of his love.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.patrika.com/political-news/munawwar-rana-poetry-on-sonia-gandhi-1123478/|title=Munawwar Rana Poetry On Sonia Gandhi|date=2015-10-19|access-date=2020-10-12|language=hi}}</ref>

==Awards==
*[[List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Urdu|Sahitya Akademi Award for Urdu Literature]] (2014).<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.abplive.in/video/2015/10/18/article743238.ece/Watch-Urdu-poet-Munawwar-Rana-return-his-Sahitya-Akademi-award-on-ABP-News-LIVE-debate-%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0Vs%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE|title=Watch Urdu poet Munawwar Rana return his Sahitya Akademi award on ABP News' LIVE debate #साहित्यकारVsसरकार|date=2015-10-18|access-date=2015-10-18|publisher=www.abplive.in}}</ref> He returned the award about one year later.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Urdu Poet Munawwar Rana Returns Sahitya Akademi Award|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/urdu-poet-munawwar-rana-returns-sahitya-akademi-award-1233655|access-date=2020-11-06|website=NDTV.com}}</ref> He vowed to never again accept a government award due to rising intolerance in the country leading to state sponsored communalism.<ref>{{cite news|publisher= Hindustan Times|access-date=2014-12-25|date=2014-12-19|title=Trying to Say Goodbye author Adil Jussawalla wins Sahitya Akademi Award 2014|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/lifestyle/books/trying-to-say-goodbye-author-adil-jussawalla-wins-sahitya-akademi-award-2014/article1-1298277.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141219165202/http://www.hindustantimes.com/lifestyle/books/trying-to-say-goodbye-author-adil-jussawalla-wins-sahitya-akademi-award-2014/article1-1298277.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 December 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Urdu-poet-Munawwar-Rana-returns-his-Sahitya-Akademi-award/articleshow/49441961.cms|title = Urdu poet Munawwar Rana returns his Sahitya Akademi award|date = 19 Oct 2015|work = [[Timesofindia]]}}</ref>
*In 2012 he was awarded Maati Ratan Samman by Shaheed Shodha Sansthan for his services to Urdu literature.<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://www.amarujala.com/uttar-pradesh/faizabad/Faizabad-47228-126| website=Amar Ujala| title=मुनव्वर राना सहित पांच को माटी रतन| access-date=23 August 2020 }}</ref>{{Citation needed|date=September 2020}}

==Personal life==
Munnawar Rana is married and lives in [[Lucknow]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-10-22/ludhiana/28223648_1_poetry-mushaira-general-secretary|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029200241/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-10-22/ludhiana/28223648_1_poetry-mushaira-general-secretary|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 October 2013|work=[[The Times of India]]|title=Mushaira to make Oct 23 a 'day of humanity'|access-date=28 October 2015}}</ref>

In October 2020, Rana was charged by the [[Uttar Pradesh]] police with making statements to promote enmity between religious groups, after a clip from an interview he gave to a Hindi news channel was widely circulated.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-10-31|title=Munawwar Rana stands in support of France attacker, says caricatures made to defame Hussain Bohra Islam|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-munawwar-rana-stands-in-support-of-france-attacker-says-caricatures-made-to-defame-islam-2853568|access-date=2020-11-01|website=DNA India|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Chauhan|first1=Arvind|title=Uttar Pradesh: FIR against Urdu poet Munawwar Rana for 'supporting' France murder|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/uttar-pradesh-fir-against-urdu-poet-munawwar-rana-for-supporting-france-murder/articleshow/78995996.cms|access-date=2 November 2020|website=Times of India}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=Rashid|first=Omar|date=2020-11-02|title=Poet Munawwar Rana booked for remarks on France attacks|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/poet-munawwar-rana-booked-for-remarks-on-france-attacks/article33004769.ece|access-date=2020-11-03|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> Rana later confirmed that he stood by his statements, condemning both the murder and the caricatures in [[Murder of Samuel Paty]] incident.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=Case In UP Against Urdu Poet Munawwar Rana For Comments On France |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/case-against-urdu-poet-munawwar-rana-in-uttar-pradeshs-lucknow-for-comments-on-france-murders-2319509|access-date=2020-11-03|website=NDTV.com}}</ref>

==References==

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==External links==
* [http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2008/01/selected-couplets-of-urdu-poet-munawwar.html Munawwar Rana's selected couplets]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20180925102847/http://munawwarrana.in/ Official site]
* [https://www.rekhta.org/poets/munawwar-rana/ebooks Books by Munawwar Rana]

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