Abdul Qavi Desnavi

Abdul Qavi Desnavi
عبدالقوى دسنوى
Born (1930-11-01)1 November 1930
Bihar, India
Died 7 July 2011(2011-07-07) (aged 80)
Bhopal, India
Occupation Professor

Abdul Qavi Desnavi (Urdu: عبدالقوى دسنوى, 1 November 1930 – 7 July 2011)[1][2] was an Indian Urdu language writer, critic, bibliographer, and linguist. He has written many books on Urdu literature.[3] His important work was about Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, Mirza Ghalib and Allama Muhammad Iqbal.[1][3] He was awarded with several awards for his literary work.[3]

Early life

Desnavi was born in village Desna, Bihar of block Asthawan in Nalanda district Bihar[4] to the family of Muslim scholar Syed Sulaiman Nadvi, who was a recognized historian and biographers of the prophet Muhammad[3] Desnavi was the son of Syed Mohammed Saeed Raza, who was Professor of Urdu, Arabic and Persian languages in St. Xavier's College, Mumbai. Desnavi had two brothers,elder Prof. Syed Mohi Raza and younger Syed Abdul Wali Desnavi.[3]

Many scholars, poets and teachers of today were his students in Bhopal, and several other students obtained PhD degree under his guidance. He died on 7 July 2011 in Bhopal, India.[4]

Career

Desnavi got his primary education in Arrah town of Bihar state. He completed his Graduation and Post Graduation in First Division from St. Xavier's College, Mumbai.[3] He joined Urdu department in Saifia Post Graduate College in February 1961. He became Professor and head of the Urdu department of Saifia College. He was a well known literary figure in India and in the Urdu world. After his retirement in 1990,[3] he held many honorary positions as,

L TO R:- Prof. Sharif Ahmed Chughtai, Prof. Desnavi, Poet Ali Sardar Jafri, Mr. Fakhruddin (Secretary-SES), Dr. Ashfaq Ali
L TO R:- Poet Kaifi Azmi, Prof. Desnavi, Mr. Fakhruddin(Secretary-SES),Prof. Afaq Husain Siddiqui

Bibliography

Research work

See also

List of Urdu language writers

References

  1. 1 2 "Noted Urdu Litterateur Abdul Qavi Desnavi Dead". OutLookIndia.com. 7 July 2011. Retrieved 16 February 2012.
  2. "Abdul Qavi Desnavi (professor)". KhojKhabarNews.com. 23 February 2010. Archived from the original on 14 March 2012. Retrieved 16 February 2012.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 "Noted Scholar Qavi Desnavi is no more". The IndianAwaaz.com. 7 July 2011. Retrieved 16 February 2012.
  4. 1 2 "Noted Urdu litterateur". IbnLive.in.com. 7 July 2011. Retrieved 16 February 2012.

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/21/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.