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{{Short description|Indian academic}}
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| name     = Khalid Alvi
| name     = Khalid Alvi
|image = Khalid Alvi 8.jpg
| image       = Khalid Alvi 8.jpg
| parents      = Late Malik Irfan Ahmad,
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1962|06|20|df=y}}
                      Late Islama Khatoon
| birth_place = [[Chandpur, Bijnor]], Uttar Pradesh, India
| birth_date       = {{Birth date and age|1962|06|20|df=y}}
| education  = PhD (Delhi University)
| birth_place     = Chandpur, Bijnor, [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| nationality      = [[Indian people|Indian]]
| alma_mater        = PhD (Delhi University)
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'''Khalid Alvi''' also known as '''Khalid Mustafa Alvi''' is a professor at the [[University of Delhi]], critic, and [[Urdu language|Urdu]] poet. He has written twelve books and edited the English journal ''Furtherance'' and the Urdu monthly ''Shahkaar''.{{citation needed|date = May 2013}} Some of his works have been translated into German, Persian and Uzbek Languages.
'''Khalid Alvi''' also known as '''Khalid Mustafa Alvi''' is a professor at the [[University of Delhi]], critic, and [[Urdu language|Urdu]] poet. He has written twelve books and edited the English journal ''Furtherance'' and the Urdu monthly ''Shahkaar''.{{citation needed|date = May 2013}} Some of his works have been translated into German, Persian and Uzbek Languages.
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===Writing===
===Writing===
One of Alvi's books, ''[[Angarey]]'', has been the subject of controversy. The book is a collection of Urdu short stories, first published in the 1930s, and then banned in 1933. It was written by [[Sajjad Zaheer]], [[Rashid Jahan]], Mahmud-uz-Zafar and [[Ahmed Ali (writer)|Ahmed Ali]]<ref name=firstpost>{{cite news|last=Swami|first=Praveen|title=India’s cricket god Dhoni and our crazed god squad|url=http://www.firstpost.com/world/indias-cricket-god-dhoni-and-our-crazed-god-squad-759279.html|accessdate=29 May 2013|newspaper=Firstpost World|date=7 May 2013}}</ref> Alvi reissued the book in 1993, but, when doing so, had to excise major portions of it.<ref name=bookontrial>{{cite book|last=Kumar|first=Girja|title=The book on trial: fundamentalism and censorship in India|year=1997|publisher=Har-Anand Publications|page=124|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n-KUICFfA00C&pg=PA124&dq=%22Khalid+alvi%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=yCamUdK9G8GErgeZyoHoCw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22Khalid%20alvi%22&f=false}}</ref> In 2014 he along with Vibha S. Chauhan translated the book in English.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The literary forest fire that censors failed to extinguish|url=http://www.sunday-guardian.com/bookbeat/angarey|access-date=2020-12-27|website=www.sunday-guardian.com}}</ref>
One of Alvi's books, ''[[Angarey]]'', has been the subject of controversy. The book is a collection of Urdu short stories, first published in the 1930s, and then banned in 1933. It was written by [[Sajjad Zaheer]], [[Rashid Jahan]], Mahmud-uz-Zafar and [[Ahmed Ali (writer)|Ahmed Ali]]<ref name=firstpost>{{cite news|last=Swami|first=Praveen|title=India's cricket god Dhoni and our crazed god squad|url=http://www.firstpost.com/world/indias-cricket-god-dhoni-and-our-crazed-god-squad-759279.html|accessdate=29 May 2013|newspaper=Firstpost World|date=7 May 2013}}</ref> Alvi reissued the book in 1993, but, when doing so, had to excise major portions of it.<ref name=bookontrial>{{cite book|last=Kumar|first=Girja|title=The book on trial: fundamentalism and censorship in India|year=1997|publisher=Har-Anand Publications|page=124|isbn=9788124105252|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n-KUICFfA00C&dq=%22Khalid+alvi%22&pg=PA124}}</ref> In 2014 he along with Vibha S. Chauhan translated the book in English.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The literary forest fire that censors failed to extinguish|url=http://www.sunday-guardian.com/bookbeat/angarey|access-date=2020-12-27|website=www.sunday-guardian.com|archive-date=5 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140705215702/http://www.sunday-guardian.com/bookbeat/angarey|url-status=dead}}</ref>


==Bibliography==
==Bibliography==
*''[https://books.google.com/books/about/Hifazat_e_hadis.html?id=jq4qHQAACAAJ&redir_esc=y Hifazat e hadis]''
*''[https://books.google.com/books?id=jq4qHQAACAAJ Hifazat e hadis]''
*''[https://books.google.com/books/about/Angarey_ka_tareekhi_pasmenzar.html?id=Esy0YgEACAAJ&redir_esc=y Angarey ka tareekhi pasmenzar]''
*''[https://books.google.com/books?id=Esy0YgEACAAJ Angarey ka tareekhi pasmenzar]''
*''[https://books.google.com/books?id=R39uHAAACAAJ&dq=Peghambrana+duaen&hl=en&sa=X&ei=YnqmUa7oDIvUkgWjtoDQBA&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAA Peghambrana duaen]''
*''[https://books.google.com/books?id=R39uHAAACAAJ&q=Peghambrana+duaen Peghambrana duaen]''


==References==
==References==
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Khalid Alvi
Born (1962-06-20) 20 June 1962 (age 64)
Chandpur, Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh, India
EducationPhD (Delhi University)

Khalid Alvi also known as Khalid Mustafa Alvi is a professor at the University of Delhi, critic, and Urdu poet. He has written twelve books and edited the English journal Furtherance and the Urdu monthly Shahkaar.[citation needed] Some of his works have been translated into German, Persian and Uzbek Languages.

Early life and education[edit | edit source]

Khalid Alvi received his early education in his home town Chandpur, Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh and then he joined the University of Delhi as a Research Scholar. During his stay at University of Delhi as a research scholar he was invited to deliver a series of lecture on Indian literature by Peshawar University, Oriental Institute Tashkent and some other Organisations in various parts of the world.

Career[edit | edit source]

After Alvi finished his MPhil, he was offered an assistant professorship at the college of Delhi University.

Writing[edit | edit source]

One of Alvi's books, Angarey, has been the subject of controversy. The book is a collection of Urdu short stories, first published in the 1930s, and then banned in 1933. It was written by Sajjad Zaheer, Rashid Jahan, Mahmud-uz-Zafar and Ahmed Ali[1] Alvi reissued the book in 1993, but, when doing so, had to excise major portions of it.[2] In 2014 he along with Vibha S. Chauhan translated the book in English.[3]

Bibliography[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. Swami, Praveen (7 May 2013). "India's cricket god Dhoni and our crazed god squad". Firstpost World. Retrieved 29 May 2013.
  2. Kumar, Girja (1997). The book on trial: fundamentalism and censorship in India. Har-Anand Publications. p. 124. ISBN 9788124105252.
  3. "The literary forest fire that censors failed to extinguish". www.sunday-guardian.com. Archived from the original on 5 July 2014. Retrieved 27 December 2020.

External links[edit | edit source]