Shan-ul-Haq Haqqee

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name = Shanul Haq Haqqee


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birthplace = Delhi, British India
deathdate = death date and age|2005|10|11|1917|12|15
deathplace = Toronto, Canada
occupation = Urdu poet, Writer, Journalist
nationality = Pakistani
ethnicity = Urdu speaking
citizenship = Canadian
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Shanul Haq Haqqee (Urdu: شان الحق حقی ) (December 15, 1917 – October 11, 2005) was a notable Urdu poet, linguist, researcher, writer and journalist of Pakistan.

Born in Delhi, Haqqee acquired his BA from Aligarh Muslim University. He obtained a Master's in English literature from St. Stephen's College, Delhi. He was a scion of a great literary family from Delhi. His father, Maulvi Ehtashamuddin Haqqee, wrote short stories, a study of Hafez, "Tarjuman-ul-Ghaib", a translation of "Diwan-i-Hafiz" in verse, and a dictionary.

Haqqee recited his first "ghazal" at an annual poetic gathering of St. Stephen's College. His published two anthologies of poems, Tair-i-Pairahan (1957) and Harf-i-Dilras (1979). He also tried his hand at other genres of poetry, such as Peheylian, Kehmukarnian, and Qitat-i-Tareekhi. He was associated with the Urdu Lughat Board for 17 years from 1958 to 1975, compiling a monumental 24-volume dictionary. He also translated the eighth edition of the Concise Oxford Dictionary, Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra, the Bhagavad Gita, and the Arthashastra.

He died in Toronto, Canada.