Moin Ahsan Jazbi (21 August 1912 – 13 February 2005) was an Indian poet and writer. He was a member of Progressive Writers Movement.[1] He was a contemporary of Ale Ahmed Suroor, Jan Nisar Akhtar, Abdul Qavi Desnavi, Sahir Ludhianvi, Majrooh Sultanpuri and close friend of Asrarul Haq Majaz.[2][3] He served as a teacher and reader of Urdu at Aligarh Muslim University.[4]
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معین احسن جذبی | |
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| Born | Moin Ahsan August 21, 1912 |
| Died | February 13, 2005 (aged 92) Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh |
| Education | Bachelor of Arts (Zakir Husain Delhi College) Master of Arts (Aligarh Muslim University) PhD (Aligarh Muslim University) |
| Organization | Progressive Writers Movement |
| Notable work | Firozaan, Sukhan-e-Mukhtasar, Gudaaz-e-Shab, Hali Ka Siyasi Shaoor |
| Awards | Ghalib Award (1975) |
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He started reading poetry of Mirza Ghalib at very young age and started to write at the age of 9. At the age of 19, he wrote a Ghazal which introduced him with other Poets of contemporary time.[5] Some of his known works are Firozaan, Sukhan-e-Mukhtasar, Gudaaz-e-Shab and Hali Ka Siyasi Shaoor.[6] He was awarded with Ghalib Award in 1975 for poetry along with Qazi Abdul Wadood for research and Mohammad Hasan for Drama.[7]
Early life and education
editMoin Ahsan Jazbi was born as Moin Ahsan to Ahsanul Ghafoor at Mubarakpur, Azamgarh district.[8] His ancestors originally belonged to Meerut, his great-grandfather Maulvi Hamza Ali was a scholar who shifted to Danapur, Patna during first Indian Independence movement, when Dr. Abdul Ghafoor, grandfather of Jazbi was only 5 years old.[9][10]
He completed his Bachelor of Arts from Anglo-Arabic College, Delhi (now known as Zakir Husain Delhi College) in 1932 and Master of Arts from Aligarh Muslim University in 1934.[5]
Career
editAfter completion of his education, he started his career as a teacher at Aligarh Muslim University. After serving as a teacher he turned into Journalism and became an editorial staff of Aaj Kal, a monthly magazine published by Publication Division, Delhi. He came back to Aligarh and pursued Doctor of Philosophy from Aligarh Muslim University and got his degree after submitting his thesis with the title Hali Ka Siyasai Shaoor, a research thesis on Political views and works of Khwaja Altaf Hussain Hali.[5]
Later he joined the Department of Urdu of Aligarh Muslim University in 1945 and retired as Reader in Urdu in 1974.[11]
Scholarly works
edit- Jazbi, Moin Ahsan (1943). Farozan (in Urdu) (1st ed.). Lahore: Maktaba Urdu.
- Jazbi, Moin Ahsan (1959). Hali Ka Siyasi Shuoor (in Urdu) (1st ed.). Lucknow: Sarfaraz Qaumi Press.
- Jazbi, Moin Ahsan (1960). Sukhan-e-Mukhtasar (in Urdu) (1st ed.). Aligarh: Anjuman Taraqqi Urdu (Hind).
- Jazbi, Moin Ahsan (1985). Gudaz-e-Shab (in Urdu). New Delhi: Maktaba Jamia Limited.
- Jazbi, Moin Ahsan (2022). Islam, Zafarul (ed.). Mazameen-e-Jazbi (in Urdu). Delhi: Educational Publishing House.
References
edit- ^ "Poet Moin Ahsan Jazbi is remembered as pride of Urdu poetry: AMU VC". The Times of India. 2018-04-07. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2024-12-10.
- ^ "Immortal Couplets of Moin Ahsan Jazbi: Famed Urdu Poet's Life and Poetry". Retrieved 2024-12-10.
- ^ Jalil, Rakhshanda (2024-05-14). Love in the Time of Hate: In the Mirror of Urdu. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-81-970426-9-0.
- ^ "دنیا سخن- دنیا میگزین". Dunya Magazine. Retrieved 2024-12-10.
- ^ a b c "Moin Ahsan Jazbi". Mulosige. Retrieved 2024-12-10.
- ^ Kanda, K. C. (2005-01-01). Masterpieces of Patriotic Urdu Poetry: Text, Translation, and Transliteration (in Urdu). Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd. pp. 55–60. ISBN 978-81-207-2893-6.
- ^ Volume 13, Issues 1-24. Delhi: Indian and Foreign Review. 1975. p. 10.
- ^ ʻAṣrī adab (in Urdu). Idārah Taṣnīf. 1982. p. 14.
- ^ Sadaf 2017, p. 13.
- ^ Sandīlvī, Shujāʻat ʻAlī (1962). تعارف تاريخ ٱردو (in Urdu). ادارۀ فروغ ٱردو،. pp. 237–241.
- ^ ڈیسک, ویب (2024-07-08). "معین احسن جذبی اور روکھی روٹی" [Moeen Ahsan Jazbi and Rokhi Roti]. ARYNews.tv | Urdu - Har Lamha Bakhabar (in Urdu). Retrieved 2024-12-10.
Bibliography
edit- Khan, Nasreen Rais (1993). Jazbi Ki Shairi Ka Tanqeedi Mutala (in Urdu). Nasreen Rais Khan.
- Farooqi, Mahboobur Rahman (1994). "Jazbi Number". Aaj Kal, Delhi. 53 (1). Delhi: Publication Division – via Rekhta.
- Mahuli, Shahid (2000). Moin Ahsan Jazbi Shayar Aur Danishwar (in Urdu). New Delhi: Ghalib Institute.
- Sadaf, Mushtaque (2002). Jazbi Shanasi (in Urdu). Mushtaque Sadaf.
- Alam, Aftab (2004). "Moin Ahsan Jazbi Wa As'ad Badayuni Number". Aligarh Magazine. Aligarh: Aligarh Muslim University.
- Siddiqi, Qamar. "Moin Ahsan Jazbi Number". Urdu Channel. June (1).
- Sadaf, Mushtaque (2017). Makers of Indian Literature- Moin Ahsan Jazbi. Translated by Khan, A. Naseeb. Delhi: Sahitya Akademi. ISBN 9788126052370.
- Saimuddin, Siddiqui (2017). Mutala e Moin Ahsan Jazbi (in Urdu). Delhi: Educational Publishing House. ISBN 978-93-86486-53-0.
- Ahmad, Musheer. اکائی 14 - معین احسن جزبی کی غزل گوئی اور متن کی تدریس و تفہیم (Thesis). Indira Gandhi National Open University.