Tabish Dehlvi
تابش دہلوی
BornSyed Masood-ul-Hasan
9 November 1913
Delhi, British India
Died23 September 2004(2004-09-23) (aged 90)
Karachi, Pakistan
Resting placeSakhi Hassan Graveyard, North Nazimabad,
Occupation
  • Writer
  • poet
  • broadcaster
  • newsreader
LanguageUrdu, Hindi, Punjabi, English
NationalityPakistani/British Indian
EducationDarul Uloom, Hyderabad
University of Karachi (BA)
Notable awardsTamgha-e-Imtiaz
Children5

Syed Masood-ul-Hasan Tabish Dehlvi, TI, (Urdu: تابش دہلوی) (born November 9, 1913 - September 23, 2004) was an Urdu poet.[1]

Biography

Born on November 9, 1911, in Delhi as Syed Masood-ul-Hasan Tabish Dehlvi to Munshi Zakaullah and a mother "who had memorised thousands of Urdu and Persian couplets",[2] Tabish joined All India Radio in 1939.

Awards

Tabish received many awards in his lifetime and was finally decorated with the coveted award of Tamgha-i-Imtiaz by the government of Pakistan in 1998.[1]

Books

His notable collection of poetry includes:

  • Nimroz(1963)
  • Chiragh-e-Sehra(1982)
  • Ghubar-e-Anjum(1984)
  • Mah-e-Shikasta(1993)
  • Kisht-e-Nawa (full collection)
  • Nazr-e-Tabish

References

  1. 1 2 "Noted poet Tabish Dehlavi dead". DAWN.COM. 2004-09-24. Retrieved 2022-03-09.
  2. Newspaper, the (2014-09-23). "Remembering Tabish Dehlvi". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2022-03-09.
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