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'''Shafey Kidwai''' (born 8 April 1960) is an Indian academic, communication scientist, translator, columnist, and author. He is the chairman of the Department of Mass Communications at [[Aligarh Muslim University]]. He writes a weekly column for The Friday Review, [[The Hindu]]. He has written twelve books in Urdu and English and is often regarded as one of the best modern academic critic in Urdu language. <br />
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His 2017 work ''Sawaneh-e-Sir Syed: Ek Bazdeed'' - a biography of [[Syed Ahmad Khan|Sir Syed]] won the 2019 [[List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Urdu| Sahitya Akademi Award for Urdu]]. A previous work Urdu Literature and Journalism: Critical Perspective was published by Cambridge University Press India. With this well-researched source of information, Shafey Kidwai has turned a new page in the history of Urdu journalism. <ref>{{Cite web|last=Showkat|first=Nayeem|title=Book review: Urdu Literature and Journalism – Critical perspectives|url= https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/books/book-review-urdu-literature-and-journalism-critical-perspectives|date=February 23, 2015}}</ref><br />
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In 2018, Kidwai was awarded the Iqbal Samman by the Government of Madhya Pradesh for his service to promotion of Urdu literature.<ref>{{cite web|title=DEPARTMENT OF MASS COMMUNICATION| url = https://www.amu.ac.in/dshowfacultydata2.jsp?did=79&eid=10055138| publisher = Aligarh Muslim University|accessdate = December 31, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|publisher= Hindustan Times| accessdate = 2019-12-24 |date=2019-12-18| url=<br />
https://www.hindustantimes.com/lucknow/amu-s-prof-shafey-kidwai-bags-sahitya-akademi-award-for-urdu/story-9v9iFn35WX2CNHORLgFeGO.html|<br />
title= AMU's Prof Shafey Kidwai bags Sahitya Akademi Award for Urdu}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title= AMU Professor Awarded 'Iqbal Samman' By Madhya Pradesh Government| URL = https://www.ndtv.com/education/amu-professor-shafey-kidwai-awarded-iqbal-samman-by-madhya-pradesh-government-1884937| date = July 17, 2018|publisher = NDTV}}</ref> [[Urdu Academy, Uttar Pradesh|UP Urdu Academy]] has also conferred its highest literary honour Khusro Award to him in 2018.<br />
He is a bilingual critic and communication expert and his fortnightly column on literature, Culture and media Going Native appears in the Friday Review, The Hindu.<br />
He is the chief editor of Aligarh Journal of Communication and he is on the editorial board of several peer-reviewed communicational journals including research journal jointly published by University of Purdue and Kolkata.<br />
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== Bibliography ==<br />
* Khabar Nigari (1988)<br />
* Michal Madhusudan Dutt (translation)<br />
* Meeraji (Monograph, Makers of India Series, Sahita Academy)<br />
* Cementing Ethics with Modernism: An Appraisal of Sir Syed's Periodicals<br />
* R.K. Narayan (translation)<br />
* The Terminology of Mass Communication in Urdu <br />
* Mabaad-e-Jadeed Fiction: Pas Sakhtitati Tanazur<br />
* National Awakening and Maulana Azad with special reference to Alhilal<br />
* Urdu Literature and Journalism: Critical Perspective<br />
* Sawanah Sir Syed<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Abdul Majid Daryabadi]]<br />
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