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'''Salik Lucknawi''' (16 December 1913 – 4 January 2013) was the nom de plume of Shaukat Riaz Kapoor, an Indian Urdu poet and journalist.<ref>[http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=TOINEW&BaseHref=TOIKM/2013/01/05&PageLabel=3&EntityId=Ar00303&ViewMode=HTMLTimes of India Article]</ref> He was a recipient of the civilian honour of the [[Padma Shri]].<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | title=Padma Awards | publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India | date=2015 | access-date=21 July 2015}}</ref>

== Early life ==
Salik Lucknawi was born on 16 December 1913 in Lucknow. His father Tulsi Ram Kapoor converted to Islam and changed his name to Tareq Riaz Kapoor, four years before his birth.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20130404124707/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-12-17/kolkata/35868088_1_short-stories-urdu-poetry-kaifi-azmi Times of India Article]</ref> Lucknawi received a BA from [[St. Xavier's College, Kolkata]] and a BCom from [[City College, Kolkata]] and studied Persian at [[Lucknow University]]. In 1938, he was one of the founder members of the [[Progressive Writers Movement]] in West Bengal. His first collection of stories, ''Azra Aur Deegar Afsane'' came out in 1941. He was drawn to the vortex of the [[Quit India Movement]] in 1942 and spent 13 months in jail. In 1956 he started ''Abshaar''<ref>[http://www.milligazette.com/Archives/15042001/Art5ts.htm Abshaar]</ref> and he was its chief editor till his death. Lucknawi also headed the Calcutta Muslim Orphanage for children and women. He founded the CMO High School and steered the Anjuman Taraqqui-e-Urdu. He served [[Kolkata Municipal Corporation]] as [[Alderman]] (1985-1990).

==Poetry==
Mere thakaan ko kyon maut kehte ho yaaron / Ek zara angrai li, kasmasai, aur so gaye.
(Friends, why do you call my fatigue death / I tossed, turned and fell asleep).{{Citation needed|date=March 2016}}

===Published collection of Urdu poetry{{Citation needed|date=March 2016}}===
* ''Azra Aur Deegar Afsane''
* ''Be-Sar-O-Pa'' (''Preposterous'')

==References ==
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