Ehsan Danish

Ehsan Danish (Urdu: احسان دانشEḥsān Dāniš, 1914 – 22 March 1982), born Ehsan-ul-Haq (Urdu: احسان اُلحقEḥsānu l-Ḥaq), was a prominent Urdu poet, prose writer, linguist, lexicographer and scholar from Pakistan.[1][2] Ehsan Danish had penned down over 100 scholastic books on poetry, prose, linguistics, lexicography and prosody. At the beginning of his career his poetry was very romantic but later he wrote his poems more for the labourers and came to be called "Šhāʿir-e Mazdūr" (Poet of the workmen) by his audience. His poetry inspired the common people's feelings and he has been compared with Josh Malihabadi. He holds the unique position as one of the best poets of all times, with fine, romantic and revolutionary, but simple style of poetry.[3]

Ehsan Danish
BornEhsan-ul-Haq
(1914-02-02)2 February 1914[1]
Kandhla, India
Died22 March 1982(1982-03-22) (aged 68)
Lahore, Pakistan
OccupationPoet, prose writer, linguist & lexicographer
NationalityPakistani British India
CitizenshipPakistan British India
Period1914 - 1982
GenrePoetry, prose, linguistics & lexicography
SubjectUrdu Language & Literature
Literary movementTaraqqi Pasand Tehrik
Notable worksJahan-i-Danish
Notable awardsSitara-e-Imtiaz, 22 March 1978
Children5
Website
shazandanish.wixsite.com/ehsandanish

Biography

Danish was born in maulanan मोलानान Kandhla, a small town in the Shamli district of Uttar Pradesh, India. He belonged to a poor family and he could not continue his study due to financial reasons but still learned the Arabic and Persian languages on his own.[1] Later he migrated to Lahore and settled there permanently. He struggled very hard to earn his living. He worked as an ordinary labourer for years in odd jobs,[1] finally becoming a poet of excellence. His autobiography, Jahan-i-Danish, is a classic and has inspired many people.[1] Danish has written more than 80 books and hundreds of articles[1] about and including poetry, prose, linguistics, philology, autobiographies and the famous interpretation of "Diwan-e-Ghalib". Much of his literary work is still unpublished.[1]

He passed away on 22 March 1982 in Lahore, Pakistan.[1]

Autobiography - Jahan-e-Danish

Ehsan Danish was a prolific prose writer and had contributed hundred of articles, essays and books in the domain of Urdu prose. Ehsan Danish autobiography "Jahan-e-danish" is a splendid masterpiece in Urdu literature. Jahan-e-Danish was first published in 1973 by Ehsan Danish in Lahore, Pakistan and duly received Adam Ji literary award in recognition of its literary value and linguistic stature. The language, diction, realism, sincerity and above all a unique classical flavor of language and literature elevates this autobiography at the highest position in the realm of Urdu autobiographies.







An excerpt

Maulvi Saeed talks of Ehsan Danish, the poet. He recalls:

"In 1928, when we lived in Mozang I happened to be present at a gathering in the street adjoining ours where a short-statured but a well-built darkish young man recited a naat in a voice which kept the audience spell-bound. The poet was Ehsan-bin-Danish (now Ehsan Danish, for 'bin' though in Arabic stood for 'son of', in Hindi meant 'without'). The poet had come from across the Yamuna in search of employment – and perhaps recognition, too. Lahore gave him both; employment which hardly did any credit to this city, recognition, of course, which it never held back.

Ehsan was seen in the evening at the mushairas; in the morning, at the building sites with a brush in one hand and the lime-bucket in the other; or doing a gardener's job on the Simla Hill. He has recorded the experiences of his early days in a fascinating autobiography – Jahan-e-Danish. In the realm of poetry, he was not a mere labourer, but a master architect."[4]

Awards







Publications

  • Jahan-i-Danish, his autobiography.
  • Jahan-i Diger
  • Tazkir-o-Tanis
  • Iblagh-i-Danish
  • Tashrih-i-Ghalib
  • Awaz sy Alfaz tk
  • Fasl-i-Salasil
  • Zanjir-i-Baharan
  • Abr-i-Naisan
  • Miras-i-Momin
  • Urdu Mutaradifaat
  • Derd-i-Zindagi
  • Hadis-i-Adab
  • Lughat-ul-Islah
  • Nafir-i-Fitrat

Ehsan Danish Poetry

Ehsan Danish was titled Poet-Laborer (Shair-e-Mazdoor) due to his revolutionary, passionate and novel poems for the laborers, the poor people and the oppressed. He had presented stark realities about the labor class in a powerful and unique style.







See also

References

  1. "Ahsan Danish's death anniversary today". Samaa.TV. 22 March 2011. Archived from the original on 3 April 2012. Retrieved 2012-08-23.
  2. Jagan Nath Azad; Mohammed Maruf (1983). Iqbal: mind and art. National Book House. Retrieved 5 September 2011. A little after Iqbal's death, a noted Urdu poet of the sub-continent, Ehsan Danish, during a discussion on Iqbal's poetry observed that "lqbal is just a versifier and not a poet"
  3. Urdu Shairi ka Tanqeedi Jaiza (Critical Review of Urdu Poetry) by Idrees Siddiqui-1971.p.541/542
  4. "Day-night encounters". Daily Dawn. 3 February 2003. Retrieved 23 August 2012.

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