Shahid Ahmad Dehlvi
Pakistani author and translator
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Shahid Ahmad Dehlvi (Urdu: شاہد احمد دہلوی; 22 May 1906 – 27 May 1967) was a Pakistani author, editor and translator.
Shahid Ahmad Dehlvi | |
|---|---|
| Personal life | |
| Born | 22 May 1906 |
| Died | 27 May 1967 (aged 61) Karachi, Pakistan |
| Relatives | Nazir Ahmad Dehlvi |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Muslim leader | |
| Awards | Pride of Performance Award by the Government of Pakistan in 1963 |
The Government of Pakistan awarded him the Pride of Performance in 1963, for his literary services. He was the grandson of Urdu novelist and social and religious reformer Nazir Ahmad Dehlvi, popularly known as Deputy Nazir Ahmad.
Biography
Shahid Ahmad was born on 22 May 1906 in Delhi, British India to Bashiruddin Ahmad Dehlvi, son of Nazir Ahmad Dehlvi in a religious family.[1][2][3]
In 1930 after completing his education, Dehlvi started the monthly Saqi (ur),[2][a] a literary magazine.[4] Dehlvi's articles in the monthly Saqi portrayed the vanishing culture of Delhi. He believed that the old Delhi, which was considered a symbol of Indo-Muslim culture, was ruined because of the bloodshed at the time of Independence. Aqeel Abbas Jafari has collected his articles in a book.[3][2]
Dehlvi also ran the Delhi branch of the Progressive Writers' Association and started a literary journal called Shahjahan, devoted to progressive literature.[5]
Dehlvi had interest in classical music, which he formally learned under the guidance of Ustad Chand Khan, belonging to Delhi gharana (the Delhi School of Music) and participated in music programmes on All India Radio, by the name of S. Ahmad.[3] After the partition of India, he moved to Karachi where he worked for Radio Pakistan.[6][2]
Awards and recognition
In 1963, he was conferred with the Pride of Performance award by the Government of Pakistan.[1]
Death
Shahid Ahmad Dehlvi died on 27 May 1967 in Karachi, where he was buried in the Gulshan-e-Iqbal cemetery.[6][7][2]
Literary works
Shahid's works include:[8]
- Ujra diya
- Chand adbī shak̲h̲ṣiyatain̲
- Bazam-e-khush nafsau
Notes
- This magazine, Saqi, was started in January 1930 from Delhi and magazine had stopped functioning in 1967.