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Ameena Ahmad Ahuja
Ameena Ahmad Ahuja | |
|---|---|
| Born | India |
| Alma mater | Slade School of Art |
| Occupation | Painter Calligrapher Linguist Writer |
| Known for | Calligraphic paintings |
| Spouse(s) | Vishnu Ahuja |
| Parent(s) | Nuruddin Ahmed |
| Awards | Padma Shri |
| Website | Website |
Ameena Ahmad Ahuja is an Indian painter, calligrapher, writer and linguist, known for her Urdu poetry-inspired art works.[1]
Biography[edit]
Ameena Ahmad Ahuja was born to a British mother and Nuruddin Ahmed, a barrister and litterateur. She did her training in art at the Slade School of Art in London.[2] She is a former member of faculty of the Department of Russian at the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU)[2] and, besides Russian, she is proficient in languages such as Persian, German, French, Hindi and English.[1] Her career also covered stints at Columbia University as a lecturer of poetry and as an Artist-in-residence at the Harvard University and her exhibitions have been staged at many places in India[3] and abroad including Moscow, Tokyo, Venezuela, Columbia and New York.[4] She has served as the official translator during the visits of Soviet dignitaries including Alexei Kosygin, Nikolai Bulganin, Nikita Khrushchev and Leonid Brezhnev to India.[1]
She was married to Vishnu Ahuja, a diplomat and former ambassador to the USSR and had opportunities to visit many countries, accompanying her husband, who has since died.[1]
Publications[edit]
She is the author of the book, Calligraphy in Islam, a text in Urdu, published 2009 by Penguin India.[5]
Awards and honours[edit]
The Government of India awarded her the fourth highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri, in 2009, for her contributions to Arts.[6]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Calligraphying Poetry on Canvas". The South Asian. April 2005. Archived from the original on 3 February 2017. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Amazing synthesis of art, poetry". The Hindu. 17 May 2007. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
- ↑ "Animal verse". India Today. 5 March 2001. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
- ↑ "Ameena Ahmad Ahuja donates 33 paintings to Jamia Millia Islamia". One India. 16 May 2007. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
- ↑ Ameena Ahmed Ahuja (2009). Calligraphy in Islam. Penguin India. p. 120. ISBN 9780670082605.
- ↑ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 November 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
Further reading[edit]
- Ameena Ahmed Ahuja (2009). Calligraphy in Islam. Penguin India. p. 120. ISBN 9780670082605.
- Living people
- 20th-century Indian linguists
- 20th-century Indian Muslims
- 20th-century Indian painters
- 20th-century Indian women artists
- Alumni of the Slade School of Fine Art
- Columbia University faculty
- Harvard University faculty
- Indian art writers
- Indian calligraphers
- Indian women linguists
- Indian women painters
- Jawaharlal Nehru University faculty
- Place of birth missing (living people)
- Recipients of the Padma Shri in arts
- Women calligraphers
- 21st-century Indian women writers
- 21st-century Indian writers
- 21st-century Indian linguists
- 21st-century Indian women artists
- 20th-century women writers