Khaleel-Ur-Rehman Azmi (9 August 1927 – 1 June 1978[1]), also known as Khalil al-Rehman Azmi, was an Urdu poet and literary critic who was born in the village Seedhan Sultanpur in the district of Azamgarh.[citation needed]
Khaleel-Ur-Rehman Aazmi | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1927-08-09)August 9, 1927 Azamgarh, India |
| Died | June 1, 1978(1978-06-01) (aged 50) Aligarh, India |
| Alma mater | Aligarh Muslim University |
| Occupation | Poet |
Azmi's father Muhammad Shafi was a deeply religious man.[citation needed] Azmi matriculated from Shibli National High School in Azamgarh in 1945. He gained his bachelor's degree in 1948 and his M.A. in Urdu from Aligarh Muslim University.[2] During this period he tutored the British scholar of Urdu, Ralph Russell.[3] He gained his Doctor of Philosophy in Urdu in 1957 from Aligarh Muslim University for a dissertation entitled: Urdu Mein Tarraqipasand Adabi Tahrik.[citation needed]
In 1952 he became a Lecturer in Aligarh Muslim University's Department of Urdu. Four years later, he became a Reader and continued in that role until his death from leukemia in 1978. He was posthumously elevated to the rank of Professor.[citation needed]
He started writing during his early school days and composed poems for Payami taleem, a children's literary magazine.[citation needed] Proficient in both prose and poetry, he was one of the pioneers of Modernism in Urdu and was also aligned with the Progressive Writers Movement.[citation needed] He received the Ghalib Award for Urdu Poetry in 1978.[4] edited by Shaikh Afzal azmi