- Abid Ali Abid
Syed Abid Ali Abid (
Urdu : سید عابد علی عابد), M.A., L.L.B. ,Urdu and Persian critic, poet, former principalDyal Singh College ,Lahore, Pakistan was born on17 September 1906 atDera Ismail Khan ,British India and died inLahore ,Pakistan on20 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 initialdrama writers and feature writers at the newly establishedRadio Pakistan Lahore in the late 1940s and 1950s. He also was the story and dialogue writers of the firstsound 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 atRadio Pakistan Lahore from 1948 to 1960
* Editor "Sahifa-Lahore", a quarterly literary journal, 1957–1971
* TranslatedWill Durant 's "The Story of Philosophy " into UrduBooks/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 DepotLahore ,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 ofIqbal 's Poetry), ISBN 969-35-1436-X / 969351436X , Sang-e-Meel Publications, Pakistan
* "Political Theory of the Shi'ties" , Part of the history ofMuslim philosophy .
* "Asloob", an Urdu book onliterary criticism
* "Albayan", an Urdu book on literary criticism
* "Al Badeeh (Mohsinaat e Shairi Ka Intaqadi Jaiza)": (Criticism of the Characteristics ofUrdu 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]
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