Ale Ahmad Suroor
Indian Urdu poet, critic and professor / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ale Ahmad Suroor (1911-2002) was an Urdu poet, critic and professor from India. He is best known for his literary criticism. In 1974 he was honoured with the Sahitya Akademi Award by the Government of India for his literary critic work, Nazar aur Nazariya. In 1991 he was also awarded the Padma Bhushan, India's third highest civilian award.[1][2][3] He was awarded a special gold medal by the President of Pakistan on the centenary of the birth of Muhammad Iqbal.[4][5]
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Born | 9 September 1911 Badaun district, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, India |
Died | 9 February 2002(2002-02-09) (aged 90) Delhi, India |
Occupation | Professor, Poet, Critic |
Language | Urdu |
Nationality | Indian |
Alma mater | Aligarh Muslim University |
Genre | Literary criticism, Ghazal |
Notable awards | Padma Bhushan (1991) Sahitya Akademi Award (1974) |
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