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'''Khaleel ur Rehman''' (born 1948) better known by his pen name '''Khaleel Mamoon''' is a noted Urdu poet whose poetry collection Aafaaq ki Taraf won the 2011 Sahitya Akademi Award for works in Urdu. |
'''Khaleel ur Rehman''' (born 1948) better known by his pen name '''Khaleel Mamoon''' is a noted Urdu poet whose poetry collection Aafaaq ki Taraf won the 2011 Sahitya Akademi Award for works in Urdu. |
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Khaleel ur Rehman (born 1948) better known by his pen name Khaleel Mamoon is a noted Urdu poet whose poetry collection Aafaaq ki Taraf won the 2011 Sahitya Akademi Award for works in Urdu.
Life and career
Mamoon was born in Bangalore. After working as a staff artist for All India Radio, Mamoon joined the Indian Police Service in 1977. He served in senior positions in Karnataka including as Inspector General.[1]
Works
Mamoon has published a number of works. Lissan Falsafe Ke Aine Me on the philosophy of language was published in 1986. Unnees Lillahi Nazmen (1989) is a translation of poems written in praise of Prophet Mohammed by Scherzade Rikhye. Nishaat-e-Gham is a collections of Ghazals. Kannada Adab is a collection of translations of Kannada language poetry and fiction.[1] Mamoon's poetry collection Aafaaq ki Taraf won the 2011 Sahitya Akademi Award for works in Urdu.[2][3]
In 2004, Mamoon became the first Urdu writer to win the Karnataka Rajyotsava Prashasti.[1]
Karnataka Urdu Academy chairmanship and removal controversy
Mamoon served as the Chairman of the Karnataka Urdu Academy between 2008 and 2010.[4] He was removed in controversial circumstances in 2010 for functioning in an 'arrogant manner'. H.S. Shivaprakash, Dean, School of Arts and Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University resigned from the Karnataka Sahitya Academy in protest of government interference in an autonomous body.[5]
References
- ^ a b c Shafaat Ahmed (12 December 2004). "Investigations into poetry!". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 24 December 2011.
- ^ "Guha wins it for narrative history". The Hindu. 21 December 2011.
- ^ "POETS DOMINATE SAHITYA AKADEMI AWARDS 2011" (PDF) (Press release). Sahitya Akademi. 21 December 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 May 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2011.
- ^ "Chairmen". Karnataka Urdu Academy. Retrieved 24 December 2011.
- ^ "Twist to controversy surrounding dissolution of Urdu Academy". The Hindu. 1 January 2011. Retrieved 24 December 2011.
- Wikipedia articles needing context from February 2012
- Urdu poets from India
- Writers from Bangalore
- Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Urdu
- Living people
- 1948 births
- Indian male poets
- Indian Muslims
- Indian police officers
- 20th-century Indian poets
- Poets from Karnataka
- 20th-century Indian male writers
- Recipients of the Rajyotsava Award 2004