Munawwar Rana

Munawwar Rana (born 26 November 1952) is an Urdu poet from India.[3]

Munawwar Rana
Born
Munawwar Rana

(1952-11-26) 26 November 1952
Raebareli, Uttar Pradesh, India
NationalityIndian
OccupationUrdu Poet, Writer
AwardsSahitya Akademi Award for Urdu Literature (2014).[1](returned in 2015[2])

Early life

Munawwar Rana was born in Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh in 1952, but spent most of his life in Kolkata, West Bengal.[4]

Poetic style

He uses Hindi and Awadhi words and avoids Persian and Arabic. This makes his poetry accessible to Indian audiences and explains his popularity in the poetic meets held in non-Urdu areas.[5][6]

Ghazals

Munawwar has published several ghazals.[7] He has a distinct style of writing. Most of his shers (couplets) have Mother as the centre point of his love. He also wrote a poem praising Indian National Congress leader and politician Sonia Gandhi because she was seen as a good mother.[8]

Awards

Personal life

Munnawar Rana is married and lives in Lucknow.[14]

In October 2020, Rana was charged by the Uttar Pradesh police with making statements to promote enmity between religious groups, after a clip from an interview he gave to a Hindi news channel was widely circulated.[15][16][17] Rana later confirmed that he stood by his statements, condemning both the murder and the caricatures in Murder of Samuel Paty incident.[17][18]

References
  1. Dec 20, TNN / Updated; 2014; Ist, 01:37. "Munawwar Rana wins Sahitya Akademi award | Lucknow News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 6 November 2020.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. "Urdu Poet Munawwar Rana Returns Sahitya Akademi Award". NDTV.com. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  3. https://archive.siasat.com/news/news-about-famous-urdu-poet-munawwar-ranas-death-goes-viral-heres-what-poet-himself-says-1464575/
  4. "Biography of a Popular Indian Urdu Shayar : Munawwar Rana Saheb". Poetryone.com. 19 October 2015.
  5. "Dallas: Urdu-Hindi Mushaira to be organized on Oct 25". The News International. 19 October 2015.
  6. "Some sprinkles of honey-dipped verses". The Hindu. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
  7. "Author Profile :Vani Prakashan". vaniprakashan.in. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
  8. "Munawwar Rana Poetry On Sonia Gandhi" (in Hindi). 19 October 2015. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  9. "Watch Urdu poet Munawwar Rana return his Sahitya Akademi award on ABP News' LIVE debate #साहित्यकारVsसरकार". www.abplive.in. 18 October 2015. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  10. "Urdu Poet Munawwar Rana Returns Sahitya Akademi Award". NDTV.com. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  11. "Trying to Say Goodbye author Adil Jussawalla wins Sahitya Akademi Award 2014". Hindustan Times. 19 December 2014. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
  12. "Urdu poet Munawwar Rana returns his Sahitya Akademi award". Timesofindia. 19 October 2015.
  13. "मुनव्वर राना सहित पांच को माटी रतन". Amar Ujala. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  14. "Mushaira to make Oct 23 a 'day of humanity'". The Times of India. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
  15. "Munawwar Rana stands in support of France attacker, says caricatures made to defame Islam". DNA India. 31 October 2020. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  16. Chauhan, Arvind. "Uttar Pradesh: FIR against Urdu poet Munawwar Rana for 'supporting' France murder". Times of India. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  17. Rashid, Omar (2 November 2020). "Poet Munawwar Rana booked for remarks on France attacks". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  18. "Case In UP Against Urdu Poet Munawwar Rana For Comments On France". NDTV.com. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
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