Zamir Ali Badayuni

Zamir Ali Badayuni (sometimes spelled Badayooni or Badaiyuni; 20 June 1941 – 20 October 2003) was a Pakistani critic and broadcaster on the Karachi literary scene. He worked at the Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation with Saleem Ahmed and Qamar Jameel.^{[citation needed]} Badayuni wrote two books: the first, Jadeediyet aur mabaad jadeediyet, focused on modern philosophy and literary criticism and won the Baba-e-Urdu Award from the Pakistan Academy of Letters; and the second, Ma bad jadeediyet ka doosra rukh, focused on postmodernism and won the Abdul Haq Award from Adbiat Pakistan.^[1][2]

Badayuni was born 20 June 1941 in Badayun, UP, India, the son of Yaqoob Ali, and received his early education in Bombay before migrating to Pakistan.^{[citation needed]} He died in Karachi on 20 October 2003.^[1]