Sahir Hoshiarpuri

Sahir Hoshiarpuri
ساحِر ہوشیارپُوری
Sahir Hoshiarpuri; ساحِر ہوشیارپُوری
Born	Ram Prakash Sharma; 5 March 1913; Hoshiarpur, Punjab, British India
Died	18 December 1994 (aged 81); Faridabad, Haryana, India
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Journalist
Known for	Nazms, Ghazals

Sahir Hoshiarpuri (Urdu: ساحِر ہوشیارپُوری) (Hindi: साहिर होशियारपुर), born Ram Parkash Sharma (Urdu: رام پرکاش) (Hindi: राम प्रकाश)^[1]^[2] was an Urdu poet from India. He wrote several poetry books; his main form was ghazal. Moreover, his several ghazals have been sung by leading singers including Jagjit Singh.

Biography

Early life

Sahir Hoshiarpuri was born on 5 March 1913 and raised in Hoshiarpur, Punjab, India. He received his education at Government College.^[3] He earned his M.A degree in Persian in 1935. He was a disciple of Josh Malsiyani who belonged to the Daagh School of Urdu Poetry.^[4] During his college days he came into contact with Mehr Lal Soni Zia Fatehabadi who was studying at Forman Christian College nearby Lahore, their friendship lasted a lifetime. They were both residing in Kanpur.^[1] He died on 18 December 1994 in Delhi, India.

Literary career

Sahir Hoshiarpuri and Naresh Kumar Shad also edited and published the Urdu Journal Chandan.^[1]^[5]

He has written several books but only five published collections of him are available.^[6]^[7] In 1989 he was given the Ghalib Award by the Ghalib Institute in recognition of his literary contributions.^[8]

Bibliography

Jal Tarang
Sahar e ghazal (1959)
Sahar e naghma (1970)
Sahar e haraf (1982)
Sahar e khayal (1990)
Nuqoosh e Dagh

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Urdu Authors: Date list as on May 31, 2006. National Council for Promotion of Urdu, Govt. of India, Ministry of Human Resource Development. Archived from the original on 1 March 2012.
^ "Sahir Hoshiarpuri".
^ http://www.govtcollegehoshiarpur.com/history_govt_college_hoshiarpur.html ^{[dead link]}
^ Google Books http://www.google.co.in Book titled – "Josh Malsiyani" written by Bhupinder Aziz Parihar, published in 2004 by Sahitya Akademi ISBN 8126019336 Postscript by Dard Nakodari on page 57
^ Malik Ram (1977). Zia Fatehabadi-Shakhs Aur Shair. Delhi: Ilmi Majlis. p. 120.
^ Biswin Sadi ke Shoara e Delhi Vol. 2 ISBN 8171211364 published by Urdu Academy, Delhi 2005 edition page 629
^ http://haryanaurdu_nic.in/publication1.htm ^{[dead link]}
^ "Ghalib Institute". Archived from the original on 20 October 2013. Retrieved 5 August 2012.

[NCPU-1] Urdu Authors: Date list as on May 31, 2006. National Council for Promotion of Urdu, Govt. of India, Ministry of Human Resource Development. Archived from the original on 1 March 2012.

[2] "Sahir Hoshiarpuri".

[3] ttp://www.govtcollegehoshiarpur.com/history_govt_college_hoshiarpur.html ^{[dead link]}

[4] Google Books http://www.google.co.in Book titled – "Josh Malsiyani" written by Bhupinder Aziz Parihar, published in 2004 by Sahitya Akademi ISBN 8126019336 Postscript by Dard Nakodari on page 57

[5] Malik Ram (1977). Zia Fatehabadi-Shakhs Aur Shair. Delhi: Ilmi Majlis. p. 120.

[6] Biswin Sadi ke Shoara e Delhi Vol. 2 ISBN 8171211364 published by Urdu Academy, Delhi 2005 edition page 629

[7] ttp://haryanaurdu_nic.in/publication1.htm ^{[dead link]}

[8] "Ghalib Institute". Archived from the original on 20 October 2013. Retrieved 5 August 2012.

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