Abid Ali Abid

Syed Abid Ali Abid (Urdu: سید عابد علی عابد), M.A., L.L.B. , Urdu and Persian critic, poet, former principal Dyal Singh College, Lahore, Pakistan was born on 17 September 1906 at Dera Ismail Khan, British India and died in Lahore, Pakistan on 20 January 1971.

Life

He was very famous for his literary criticism and had hundreds of students, many of them now themselves poets and writers. He wrote lot of books on literary criticism in Urdu and Persian. He also started and was editor of some literary journals like Sahifa-Lahore. He also was one of the initial drama writers and feature writers at the newly established Radio Pakistan Lahore in the late 1940s and 1950s. He also was the story and dialogue writers of the first sound film (talking film) of the Punjab "Heer Ranjha" (1931). He survived 3 heart attacks but succumbed on the 4th. [ Urdu text book for BA, Published by Prince Books, Lahore Pakistan, 2005 (A book for Urdu as elective subject in BA) ]

Selected work

* Story writing of films like the first Punjabi talkie, "Heer Ranjha" (1931) [ Urdu text book for BA, Published by Prince Books, Lahore Pakistan, 2005 (A book for Urdu as elective subject in BA) ]
* Writer of more than 200 dramas at Radio Pakistan Lahore from 1948 to 1960
* Editor "Sahifa-Lahore", a quarterly literary journal, 1957–1971
* Translated Will Durant's "The Story of Philosophy" into Urdu

Books/poetry

For a detailed list see [ Urdu text book for BA, Published by Prince Books, Lahore Pakistan, 2005 (A book for Urdu as elective subject in BA) ]
* "Talismaat" ("The Magic)" , Urdu fiction, Hashmi Book Depot Lahore, Pakistan
* "Shahbaz Khan", Urdu fiction, ISBN 969-35-0721-5 , Sang-e-Meel Publications, Pakistan
* "Main Kabhi Ghazal na Kahta", Urdu poetry , ISBN 969-35-0181-0, Sang-e-Meel Publications, Pakistan
* "Usool-E-Intequade-Adabiyat" (Rules of Literary Criticism)
* "Shar-i-Iqbal" , (A criticism of Iqbal's Poetry), ISBN 969-35-1436-X / 969351436X , Sang-e-Meel Publications, Pakistan
* "Political Theory of the Shi'ties" , Part of the history of Muslim philosophy.
* "Asloob", an Urdu book on literary criticism
* "Albayan", an Urdu book on literary criticism
* "Al Badeeh (Mohsinaat e Shairi Ka Intaqadi Jaiza)": (Criticism of the Characteristics of Urdu poetry)

References

External links

* [http://www.urdupoetry.com/abidali.html A link to Abid's poetry]
* [http://www.smilepk.com/urdu-poetry/abidali01.htm Urdu Poetry Selection]