Khawaja Reazuddin Atash

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name = Khawaja Reazuddin 'Atash'


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birthdate = 4 March, 1925
birthplace = Patna Bihar, India
deathdate = January 2001
deathplace = Chicago, U.S.
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website = http://www.reazuddinatash.com/

Khawaja Reazuddin Atash was a noted Urdu poet and writer from Pakistan. He wrote ghazals, nazms and hamd-o-naat and authored books on the Urdu language. He published his poems in three volumes: Saughat-e-Junoon, a collection of ghazals; Jashn-e-Junoon, a collection of nazms; and Vird-e-Nafas, a collection of Hamd-o-Naat. He also published Daagh ka Akhri Charagh, a biography of the famous Urdu poet Dr. Mubarak Azeemabadi.

Biography

Atash was born on 4 March, 1925, (8th Sha'ban, 1342 H) at the historic city of Azeemabad (Patna) Bihar, India. He belonged to a literary family. His grandfather, Sukhan Dehlavi, was a disciple of Mirza Ghalib, a renowned poet and writer of the late 19th century. Sukhan wrote and published many books, including collection of his poems, Divan-e-Sukhan, and Sarosh Sukhan, which is considered an early Urdu classic.

Atash spent the last ten years of his life in Chicago, Illinois, United States, where he became a popular literary personality. He died in January 2001 and is buried at Chicago's Rosehill Cemetery.

ee also

* Urdu poetry