Obaidullah Aleem

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Obaidullah Aleem

Obaidullah Aleem (Urdu: عبیدالله علیم‎, 12 June 1939 – 18 May 2003) was a Pakistani poet of Urdu language.

Life[edit]

Aleem was born in 1939 in Bhopal, India.[1] His father moved to Sialkot following Partition. Aleem was from a Kashmiri Butt family and was an Ahmadi.[citation needed]

He received an MA in Urdu from the University of Karachi and began working as a radio and television producer until 1967.[1]

In 1974, his first book of poetry Chand Chehra Sitara Ankhhen was published.[1] He was senior producer at Karachi station Pakistan Television Corporation until he was forced to resign in 1978 following an edict against him.[1]

His book of poetry received the highest award in literature in Pakistan, the Adamji Prize.[1] He wrote an article, Khurshid missal shakhs, in memory of Khalifatul Masih III in 1982.[citation needed] His second collection of poetry Viran saray ka diya was published in 1986.[1]

In March 1998 he suffered a severe heart attack in Punjab and was treated in Fazl-e-Omar Hospital for a few days. He returned to his residence at Nazimabad no 4, in Karachi.[citation needed] He died from heart failure, following another heart attack on 18 May 1998.[2][3]

Bibliography[edit]

  • Chand chehra sitara ankhhen, (1974)
  • Viran saray ka diya, (1986)
  • Yei Zindagi Hey Hamari, (Selected Poems)
  • Men Khhuli Huwi Ik Sachai, (Collected Prose)
  • Chiragh Jaltey Hen: The Unpublished Poetry of Obaidullah Aleem, (Facsimile edition edited by Rehan Qayoom, 2014)

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "Modern Urdu poet Obaidullah being remembered | SAMAA". Samaa TV. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
  2. "Urdu poet Obaidullah Aleem remembered | Pakistan Today". www.pakistantoday.com.pk. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
  3. "جون ایلیا کا خط عبید اللہ علیم کے نام". jang.com.pk. Retrieved 18 January 2020.

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