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Raghupati
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Raghupati Sahay
Raghupati Sahay (28 August 1896 – 3 March 1982), better known
under his pen name Firaq Gorakhpuri (Urdu: فراق گورکھپوری,
Hindi: फ़िराक़ गोरखपुरी), was a writer, critic, and, according to one commentator, one
of the most noted contemporary Urdu poets from India. He established
himself
among peers including Muhammad Iqbal, Yagana Changezi, Jigar Moradabadi and
Josh Malihabadi. He was selected for the
Provincial Civil Service (P.C.S.) and the Indian Civil Service (I.C.S.), but he
resigned to follow Mahatma Gandhi's Non-cooperation movement, for which he went
to jail. Later, he joined Allahabad University as a lecturer in English
literature. It was there that he wrote most of his Urdu poetry, including his
magnum opus Gul-e-Naghma which earned him the highest literary award of India,
the Jnanpith Award, and also the 1960 Sahitya Akademi Award in Urdu. During his
life, he was given the positions of Research Professor at the University Grants
Commission and Producer Emeritus by All India Radio. After a long illness, he
died on 3 March 1982, in New Delhi.
As a distinguished poet, Firaq Gorakhpuri was well-versed in all
traditional metrical forms such as ghazal, nazm, rubaai and qat'aa. He was a
prolific writer, having written more than a dozen volumes of Urdu poetry, a
half dozen of Urdu prose, several volumes on literary themes in Hindi, as well
as four volumes of English prose on literary and cultural subjects.
His biography, Firaq Gorakhpuri: The Poet of Pain & Ecstasy,
written by his nephew Ajai Mansingh will be published by Roli Books in 2015.
The book included anecdotes from his life and translations of some of his best
work.
Date of
Birth: 28 August 1896
Place of Birth: Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
Profession: Poet, writer, critic, scholar, lecturer, orator
Nationality: Indian
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