Rahman Abbas: Difference between revisions

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1972|01|30}}

| notable_works = {{ublist|''[[Ek Mamnua Muhabbat Ki Kahani]]''|''[[Rohzin]]''}}

| awards = [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] (returned)

'''Rahman Abbas''' (born 30 January 1972) is an [[Indian people|Indian]] fiction writer and the recipient of the India's highest literary Award ''[[Sahitya Akademi Award]]'' for his novel ''[[Rohzin]]'' in 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/books/sahitya-akademi-awards-2018-announced-5481422/|title=Sahitya Akademi announces winners in 24 languages|date=6 December 2018|publisher=|access-date=5 January 2019}}</ref><ref name="uniindia">{{cite web|url=http://www.uniindia.com/sahitya-akademi-awards-for-2018-announced/india/news/1427020.html|website=uniindia.com|title=Sahitya Akademi Awards for 2018 announced|accessdate=15 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Rasia|date=6 December 2018|title=Sahitya Akademi announces 2018 awards in 24 languages, Rahman Abbas bags Urdu award|url=https://www.siasat.com/news/sahitya-akademi-announces-2018-awards-24-languages-rahman-abbas-bags-urdu-award-1442303/|url-status=live|access-date=5 January 2019|website=[[The Siasat Daily]]|publisher=}}</ref> He is also the recipient of the two State Academy Awards for his third and fourth novels respectively i.e. ''Hide and Seek in the Shadow of God'' (2011) and the ''[[Rohzin]]'' in 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scholarsimpact.com/urdu/?p=3553|title=رحمن عباس کے ناول 'روحزن' کو ریاستی اکیڈمی کا انعام|first=ڈاکٹر محمد راغب|last=دیشمکھ|date=6 November 2017|publisher=|access-date=5 January 2019}}</ref><ref name="epaperlokmat">{{cite web|url=http://epaperlokmat.in/sub-editions/Hello%20Mumbai/2017-11-04/4#Article/LOK_HMUM_20171104_4_8/522px|title=Lokmat Hello Mumbai Newspaper &#124; Hello Mumbai: Marathi Epaper &#124; Hello Mumbai: Online Marathi Epaper &#124;Hello Mumbai Daily Marathi Epaper &#124; लोकमत वृत्तपत्रे|website=epaperlokmat.in|accessdate=15 June 2020}}</ref> He is the only Indian novelist whose work in German has received a LitProm Grant funded by the [[German Federal Foreign Office]] and the Swiss-South Cultural Fund.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.litprom.de/foerderung/uebersetzungsfoerderung/informationen/|title=Willkommen / LitProm|trans-title=|website=www.litprom.de|access-date=5 January 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boersenblatt.net/artikel-__bersetzungsfoerderung_durch_litprom.1427896.html|title=Übersetzungsförderung durch Litprom / Zuschuss für zwölf Verlage|website=www.boersenblatt.net|access-date=5 January 2019}}</ref> He writes in [[Urdu]] and in [[English language|English]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ikokani.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=221:br-rahman-abbas-bags-national-award-for-urdu-literature&catid=909:kokan-news&Itemid=98|title= Urdu Literature Award}}</ref> His novels deal with themes of forbidden politics and love.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tns.thenews.com.pk/forbidden-politics-love/|title=Of forbidden politics and love|author=TNS Editor|work=TNS - The News on Sunday}}</ref>

Abbas has master's degrees in [[Urdu literature|Urdu]] and [[English literature]] from [[University of Mumbai]].<ref name="rahmanabbas">{{cite web|title=rahmanabbas.in/|url=http://rahmanabbas.in/|website=rahmanabbas.in|accessdate=15 June 2020}}</ref>  

Rahman Abbas is author of seven books including four novels: ''Nakhalistan Ki Talash'' (The Search of an Oasis-2004), ''[[Ek Mamnua Muhabbat Ki Kahani]]'' (A Forbidden Love Story-2009), ''Khuda Ke Saaye Mein Ankh Micholi'' (Hide and Seek in the Shadow of God-2011), and ''Rohzin'' (The Melancholy of the Soul-2016).<ref name="kitaab.org">{{cite web|last=Dutta-Asane|first=Sucharita|date=12 May 2018|title=Rohzin: First Urdu novel to be discussed in Germany|url=https://kitaab.org/2018/05/12/rohzin-first-urdu-novel-to-be-discussed-across-cities-in-germany/|access-date=5 January 2019|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.openthemagazine.com/article/books/rahman-abbas-english-writers-enjoy-more-freedom-than-us|title=Rahman Abbas: 'English writers enjoy more freedom than us'|website=OPEN Magazine|access-date=5 January 2019}}</ref>

Rahman's first novel is ''Nakhalistan Ki Talash'' (Search of an Oasis) published in 2004. The fundamentalists had alleged that the novel is an obscene book. He was arrested and had to spend a few days at [[Arthur Road Jail]]. However, he was subsequently acquitted by the court in 2016.<ref name="indiatimes.com">{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/mumbai-urdu-author-bags-sahitya-akademi-award/articleshow/66980767.cms|title=Mumbai Urdu author bags Sahitya Akademi award - Times of India|website=The Times of India|access-date=5 January 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Nair|first=Rohini|date=September 11, 2016|title=A colonial era law was used against Urdu writer Rahman Abbas; 10 years later, he's finally free|url=https://www.firstpost.com/living/a-colonial-era-law-was-used-against-urdu-writer-rahman-abbas-10-years-later-hes-finally-free-2998022.html|url-status=live|access-date=5 January 2019|website=[[Firstpost]]}}</ref> ''Nakhlistan Ki Talash'' had created a storm in the conservative Urdu literary circles, and Rahman resigned from his post as lecturer in a junior college in [[Mumbai]].<ref name="bbcurdu2005">{{cite web|last=Roy|first=Anwar Sen|date=29 December 2005|title=|script-title=ur:اردو فکشن 2005: دو متنازعہ کتابیں|trans-title=Urdu fiction 2005: two controversial books|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/urdu/miscellaneous/story/2005/12/051228_fictionurdu_2005_sen.shtml|url-status=live|work=bbc.co.uk|language=Urdu}}</ref> The novel tells the story of a young educated Muslim man whose increasing alienation in a post-1992 Mumbai leads him to a Kashmiri militant organization. He finds his cultural identity blurred during the rise of the right-wing and hate-filled politics in India at the turn of the century. He tries to demonstrate his identity and historic self, ultimately leading to his tragic and mysterious end.<ref>{{cite web|title=The great divide {{ndash}} 'The hardliners are getting marginalised by the day'|date=12 September 2004|work=[[The Telegraph (Calcutta)]]|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1040912/asp/opinion/story_3747293.asp}}</ref>

He won the state [[Sahitya Akademi]] Award in 2011 for his third [[didactic]] novel ''Khuda Ke Saaye Mein Ankh Micholi''. He returned the award in 2015 when major Indian writers and artists had protested against the 'wave of intolerance in Indian society' triggered by the right-wing politics'.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-dadri-lynching-urdu-writer-rahman-abbas-to-return-award-in-protest-2133083|title=Dadri lynching: Urdu writer Rahman Abbas to return award in protest|date=9 October 2015|website=dna|access-date=5 January 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/mumbai/urdu-writer-joins-protest-to-return-prize/article7740137.ece|title=Urdu writer joins protest, to return prize|first=Rini|last=Mukkath|newspaper=The Hindu|date=9 October 2015|publisher=|access-date=5 January 2019|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/report/novelist-sara-joseph-returns-akademi-award-says-intolerance-is-visible-everywhere/20151010.htm|title=Novelist Sara Joseph returns Akademi Award; says intolerance is visible everywhere|website=Rediff|access-date=5 January 2019}}</ref>

Pakistani author [[Mustansar Hussain Tarar]] stated that Rahman's latest novel ''[[Rohzin]]'' is a fearless creative narration. Professor [[Gopi Chand Narang|Gopichand Narang]], former president of [[Sahitya Akademi|Sahitya Academy]], called ''Rohzin'' a turning point in the history of Urdu novels.<ref name="kitaab.org" /><ref>{{cite web|last=SALAM|first=ZIYA US|title='Writers and thinkers should speak up'|url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/the-nation/writers-and-thinkers-should-speak-up/article8409048.ece|access-date=5 January 2019|website=Frontline}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Rohzin, A Novel by Rahman Abbas. Password Ep91|url=http://siasat-pk.com/showthread.php?27956-Rohzin-A-Novel-by-Rahman-Abbas-Password-Ep91|access-date=5 January 2019|website=siasat-pk.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Rohzin: A monologue to soul - The Indian Awaaz|url=http://theindianawaaz.com/rohzin-a-monologue-to-soul/|publisher=|accessdate=5 January 2019}}</ref><ref name="tscmc">{{cite web|title=Best Digital Marketing & Photography Institute in Mulund,Mumbai|url=http://www.tscmc.in/cmcdiarie/cmcevening-rohzin/|website=TSCMC|accessdate=15 June 2020}}</ref>

* 2011 Maharashtra State Urdu Sahitya Akademy Award for ''Khuda Ke Saaye Mein Ankh Micholi''<ref>{{cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/dadri-incident-urdu-writer-rahman-abbas-to-return-award-in-protest/articleshow/49286621.cms|title=Dadri incident: Urdu writer Rahman Abbas to return award in protest|date=9 October 2015|publisher=|access-date=5 January 2019|newspaper=The Economic Times}}</ref>

* 2017 Maharashtra State Urdu Sahitya Akademy Award for ''Rohzin'',<ref name="indiatimes.com"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://cafedissensusblog.com/2018/05/10/rahman-abbas-rohzin-first-urdu-novel-to-be-discussed-in-germany/|title=Rahman Abbas' 'Rohzin': First Urdu novel to be discussed in Germany|first=Create a free website or blog at|last=WordPress.com|date=10 May 2018|publisher=|access-date=5 January 2019}}</ref>

* ''[[Ek Mamnua Muhabbat Ki Kahani]]'',<ref name="en.wikipedia.org">{{cite web|title=Ek Mamnua Muhabbat Ki Kahani|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ek_Mamnua_Muhabbat_ki_Kahani|website=Wikipedia|accessdate=15 June 2020}}</ref>{{Circular reference|date=July 2021}} [A Forbidden Love Story], (Novel-2009)

* ''[[Rohzin ]]'' [The Melancholy of the Soul], (novel-2016)

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