Fateh M. Malik

Fateh Muhammad Malik is a Pakistani literary critic, chairman of the Pakistani National Language Authority. ["Prof Fateh Muhammad Malik: Life and Works" by Muhammad Hameed Shahid, 2008 (Pakistani Adab Ke Memar series) ] He is author of the essay "Iqbal Inspired Humour: A Note on Parodies by Selected Urdu Poets" published in "Of Clowns and Gods, Brahmans and Babus - Humour in South Asian Literatures" (edited by Christina Oesterheld and Claus Peter Zoller), 1999. 181 pp, ISBN 81?7304?260?8, published by the University of Heidelberg. [ [http://www.sai.uni-heidelberg.de/delhi/publications.php Heidelberg South Asian Studies] ]

According to Pakistan Academy of Letters Chairman Iftikhar Arif, Malik is a great critic, a prominent intellectual and a distinguished scholar of Pakistaniat and Iqbaliat. He always expresses his views about the identity of Islamic Ummah with a passion that traces back to Allama Muhammad Iqbal. From ‘Ta’assubat’, ‘Tehseen-o-Tardeed’ and ‘Andaz-e-Nazar’ to ‘Apni Aag Ki Talaash’ are authentic references of appreciating Iqbal and Faiz. “Malik has not only enriched Urdu literature, but he is also considered an authority on Pakistaniat and Iqbaliat,” adding that he was also performing a significant national service as the National Language Authority chairman."PAL publishes books on two literary critics" [http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008%5C02%5C08%5Cstory_8-2-2008_pg11_7 Daily Times] Friday, February 08, 2008]

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