Munawwar Rana | |
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| Born | 26 November 1952 |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Occupation | Urdu Poet, writer |
| Awards | Sahitya Akademi Award for Urdu Literature (2014).[1](returned in 2015[2]) |
Munawwar Rana (born 26 November 1952) is an Urdu poet from India.[3]
Early life[edit | edit source]
Munawwar Rana was born in Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh in 1952, but spent most of his life in Kolkata, West Bengal.[4]
Poetic style[edit | edit source]
He uses Hindi and Awadhi words and avoids Persian and Arabic. This makes his poetry accessible to Indian audiences and explains his popularity in the poetic meets held in non-Urdu areas.[5][6]
Ghazals[edit | edit source]
Munawwar has published several ghazals.[7] He has a distinct style of writing. Most of his shers (couplets) have Mother as the centre point of his love.[8]
Awards[edit | edit source]
- Sahitya Akademi Award for Urdu Literature (2014).[9] He returned the award about one year later.[10] He vowed to never again accept a government award due to rising intolerance in the country leading to state sponsored communalism.[11][12]
- In 2012 he was awarded Maati Ratan Samman by Shaheed Shodha Sansthan for his services to Urdu literature.[13][citation needed]
Personal life[edit | edit source]
Munnawar Rana is married and lives in Lucknow.[14]
In October 2020, Rana was charged by the Uttar Pradesh police with making statements to promote enmity between religious groups, after a clip from an interview he gave to a Hindi news channel was widely circulated.[15][16][17] Rana later confirmed that he stood by his statements, condemning both the murder and the caricatures in Murder of Samuel Paty incident.[17][18]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Dec 20, TNN / Updated; 2014; Ist, 01:37. "Munawwar Rana wins Sahitya Akademi award | Lucknow News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
{{cite web}}:|first1=has generic name (help);|last2=has numeric name (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ "Urdu Poet Munawwar Rana Returns Sahitya Akademi Award". NDTV.com. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
- ↑ https://archive.siasat.com/news/news-about-famous-urdu-poet-munawwar-ranas-death-goes-viral-heres-what-poet-himself-says-1464575/
- ↑ "Biography of a Popular Indian Urdu Shayar : Munawwar Rana Saheb". Poetryone.com. 19 October 2015.
- ↑ "Dallas: Urdu-Hindi Mushaira to be organized on Oct 25". The News International. 19 October 2015.
- ↑ "Some sprinkles of honey-dipped verses". The Hindu. 30 July 2007. Archived from the original on 18 March 2009. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
- ↑ "Author Profile :Vani Prakashan". vaniprakashan.in. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
- ↑ "Munawwar Rana Poetry On Sonia Gandhi" (in हिन्दी). 19 October 2015. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
- ↑ "Watch Urdu poet Munawwar Rana return his Sahitya Akademi award on ABP News' LIVE debate #साहित्यकारVsसरकार". www.abplive.in. 18 October 2015. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ↑ "Urdu Poet Munawwar Rana Returns Sahitya Akademi Award". NDTV.com. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
- ↑ "Trying to Say Goodbye author Adil Jussawalla wins Sahitya Akademi Award 2014". Hindustan Times. 19 December 2014. Archived from the original on 19 December 2014. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
- ↑ "Urdu poet Munawwar Rana returns his Sahitya Akademi award". Timesofindia. 19 October 2015.
- ↑ "मुनव्वर राना सहित पांच को माटी रतन". Amar Ujala. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
- ↑ "Mushaira to make Oct 23 a 'day of humanity'". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
- ↑ "Munawwar Rana stands in support of France attacker, says caricatures made to defame Hussain Bohra Islam". DNA India. 31 October 2020. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
- ↑ Chauhan, Arvind. "Uttar Pradesh: FIR against Urdu poet Munawwar Rana for 'supporting' France murder". Times of India. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 Rashid, Omar (2 November 2020). "Poet Munawwar Rana booked for remarks on France attacks". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- ↑ "Case In UP Against Urdu Poet Munawwar Rana For Comments On France". NDTV.com. Retrieved 3 November 2020.