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{{Infobox writer 
| name = Wahab Ashrafi<br /><small>{{Nastaliq| سید عبدالوہاب اشرفی}}</small><br>[[Urdu]] [[Critic]]
| image =
| imagesize =
| caption = Wahab Ashrafi
| pseudonym = ''Ashrafi, Wahab''
| birth_date = {{birth date|1936|6|2|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Kako, Bihar|Kako]], [[Bihar]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|2012|7|15|1936|6|2|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Patna]], [[Bihar]]
| occupation = [[Critic]]
| genre = ''[[Criticism]]''
| subject = [[Urdu literature]]
}}
'''Dr. Syed Abdul Wahab Ashrafi''' ([[Urdu]]/[[Persian language|Persian]]/[[Arabic]]: {{Nastaliq|سید عبدالوہاب اشرفی}}; {{lang-hi| वहाब अशरफी }})
(2 June 1936 – 15 July 2012)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://theindianawaaz.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8418&catid=12 |title=Noted Urdu writer Prof. Wahab Ashrafi passes away |publisher=Theindianawaaz.com |date= |accessdate=2014-02-27}}</ref> was an [[India]]n [[literary critic]] and an eminent personality in the world of [[Urdu literature]].<ref name="youbihar">{{cite web|url=http://www.youbihar.com/group/KaKo |title=KAKO - The Village of Legends - Bihar Social Networking and Online Community |publisher=Youbihar.com |date= |accessdate=2014-02-27}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/urdu-critic-ashrafi-passes-away/974975/ |title=Urdu critic Ashrafi passes away |publisher=Indian Express |date=2012-07-16 |accessdate=2014-02-27}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://twocircles.net/node/292992 |title=Renowned Urdu litterateur Wahab Ashrafi passes away |publisher=TwoCircles.net |date=2012-07-15 |accessdate=2014-02-27}}</ref> He belonged to the family of the [[Sufi]] saint [[Ashraf Jahangir Semnani|Sultan Syed Makhdoom Ashraf Jahangir Semnani]]

==Early life==
Wahab Ashrafi spent his early life in [[Kako, Bihar|Kako]] village in [[Jehanabad district]], [[Bihar]].<ref name="youbihar" />

==Awards==
* Ashrafi received the [[Sahitya Akademi]] Award for his book ''Tareekh-e-Adab-e-Urdu'' (Criticism) in 2007.<ref name="sahitya">{{cite web|url=http://www.sahitya-akademi.org/sahitya-akademi/awa10322.htm#urdu |title=de beste bron van informatie over sahitya akademy |publisher=sahitya-akademi.org |date= |accessdate=2014-02-27}}</ref><ref name="biharanjuman">{{cite web|url=http://www.biharanjuman.org/bio/wahab.htm |title=Professor Dr. Syed Abdul Wahab Ashrafi, Sahitya Academy Award winner, brought to you by Bihar Anjuman, the largest online group from Bihar or Jharkhand |publisher=Biharanjuman.org |date=1936-06-02 |accessdate=2014-02-27}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.patnauniversity.ac.in/awards.html |title=::: Welcome To Patna U N I V E R S I T Y : |publisher=Patnauniversity.ac.in |date= |accessdate=2014-02-27}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!topic/yoursks/9GHkQtAcAzE |title=Google Discussiegroepen |date= |accessdate=2014-02-27}}</ref>
* [[Bihar Urdu Academy]] award<ref name="google">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/?id=QA1V7sICaIwC&pg=PA69&lpg=PA69&dq=phd+on+wahab+ashrafi#v=onepage&q=phd%20on%20wahab%20ashrafi&f=false |title=Who's who of Indian Writers, 1999: A-M - Google Books |date=1936-02-06 |accessdate=2014-02-27|isbn=9788126008735 |last1=Dutt |first1=Kartik Chandra }}</ref>
* [[Bharatiya Bhasha Parishad award]]<ref name="google" />

==Education==
Wahab Ashrafi received Ph.D. (Urdu), MA in Urdu (Gold Medalist), M.A in Persian (Gold Medalist), M.A (English), LLB.<ref name="biharanjuman" />

He is an ex-Professor and Head-of-Department of the Dept of Urdu at [[Ranchi University]].
He is also an Ex-Professor in Department of Linguistic at [[Jawahar Lal Nehru]].
University (JNU), New Delhi.

He is ex-chairman, Bihar University Service Commission
and ex-chairman, Bihar Intermediate Council, Patna.
Vice–President of the progressive writer association, World.

==Bibliography==
Wahab Ashrafi wrote more than three dozen books<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.urduyouthforum.org/biography/Wahab_Ashrafi_biography.php |accessdate=10 August 2018 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130315172548/http://www.urduyouthforum.org/biography/Wahab_Ashrafi_biography.php |archivedate=15 March 2013 | title=Wahab Ashrafi Biography | language=ar }}</ref> some of which have been mentioned below
* [[Tareekh-e-Adabiyat-e-Aalam, 7 volumes]]<ref name="sahitya" />
* Tareekh-e-Adab-e-Urdu, 4 volumes
* Falsafa Ishtirakiyat<ref>{{cite web|last=Ashrafi |first=Wahab |url=https://sapnaonline.com/marx-i-falsafa-ishtirakiyat-aur-urdu-adab-urdu-2120316 |title=Marx I Falsafa Ishtirakiyat Aur Urdu Adab : Urdu: Wahab Ashrafi: Text Books at Sapna Online |publisher=Sapnaonline.com |date= |accessdate=2014-02-27}}</ref>
* Qadeem Adabi Tanqeed
* Mani ki Talash
* Tafhimul Balagat
* Qutub Mushtari ka Tanqeedi Jayeza
* Mabaad-e-Jadidiyat
* Masnavi aur Masnavyat
* Aalmi Tehrik-e-Nisayat
* Qissa Be-simt Zindagi Ka
* Mera Mutala-e-Quran

Many of his books and works have been translated into other languages.

He was the editor of a Urdu literary magazine [[Mobahisa]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://urduindia.wordpress.com/2007/03/01/mubahasa-urdu-magazine-from-patna/ |title=Mubahasa: Urdu magazine from Patna | The World of Urdu Poetry, Literature & News |publisher=Urduindia.wordpress.com |date= |accessdate=2014-02-27}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Indian Muslims]]
[[Category:Indian literary critics]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Urdu]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian essayists]]
[[Category:Indian male writers]]

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