Sahir Hoshiarpuri

Sahir Hoshiarpuri (Urdu: ساحِر ہوشیارپُوری‎) (Hindi: साहिर होशियारपुर), born Ram Parkash Sharma (Urdu: رام پرکاش‎) (Hindi: राम प्रकाश)[1][2] was an Urdu poet from India. He wrote several poetry books; his main form was ghazal. Moreover, his several ghazals have been sung by leading singers including Jagjit Singh.

Sahir Hoshiarpuri
ساحِر ہوشیارپُوری
Born
Ram Prakash Sharma

(1913-03-05)5 March 1913
Hoshiarpur, Punjab, British India
Died18 December 1994(1994-12-18) (aged 81)
Faridabad, Haryana, India
NationalityIndian
OccupationJournalist
Known forNazms, Ghazals

Biography

Early life

Sahir Hoshiarpuri was born on 5 March 1913 and raised in Hoshiarpur, Punjab, India. He received his education at Government College.[3] He earned his M.A degree in Persian in 1935. He was a disciple of Josh Malsiyani who belonged to the Daagh School of Urdu Poetry.[4] During his college days he came into contact with Mehr Lal Soni Zia Fatehabadi who was studying at Forman Christian College nearby Lahore, their friendship lasted a lifetime. They were both residing in Kanpur.[1] He died on 18 December 1994 in Delhi, India.

Literary career

Sahir Hoshiarpuri and Naresh Kumar Shad also edited and published the Urdu Journal Chandan.[1][5]

He has written several books but only five published collections of him are available.[6][7] In 1989 he was given the Ghalib Award by the Ghalib Institute in recognition of his literary contributions.[8]

See also
  • List of Urdu language poets

Bibliography
  • Jal Tarang
  • Sahar e ghazal (1959)
  • Sahar e naghma (1970)
  • Sahar e haraf (1982)
  • Sahar e khayal (1990)
  • Nuqoosh e Dagh

References
  1. Urdu Authors: Date list as on May 31, 2006. National Council for Promotion of Urdu, Govt. of India, Ministry of Human Resource Development. Archived from the original on 1 March 2012.
  2. http://www.urdupoetry.com/shoshiarpuri.html
  3. http://www.govtcollegehoshiarpur.com/history_govt_college_hoshiarpur.html
  4. Google Books http://www.google.co.in Book titled – "Josh Malsiyani" written by Bhupinder Aziz Parihar, published in 2004 by Sahitya Akademi ISBN 8126019336 Postscript by Dard Nakodari on page 57
  5. Malik Ram (1977). Zia Fatehabadi-Shakhs Aur Shair. Delhi: Ilmi Majlis. p. 120.
  6. Biswin Sadi ke Shoara e Delhi Vol. 2 ISBN 8171211364 published by Urdu Academy, Delhi 2005 edition page 629
  7. http://haryanaurdu_nic.in/publication1.htm
  8. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 20 October 2013. Retrieved 5 August 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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