Urdu Author S R Faruqi passes away

Shamsur Rahman Faruqi, one of the greatest modern Urdu writers, died Friday morning due to complications from Covid-19, at his residence in Allahabad. He was 85.
Faruqi was not only a celebrated writer and poet but also a critic who formulated a modernist framework for evaluating Urdu literature.
A recipient of numerous awards, he was honoured with the prestigious Saraswati Samman for ‘She's-e Shor-Angez’, a four-volume study of the 18th-century poet Mir Taqi Mir.
His 1982 book ‘Tanqidi Afqar’ which reflected on modern literary and critical theories of poetry won him the Sahitya Akademi award in 1986.
His 2006 novel ‘Kai Chand the Sar-e Aasman’, set in 19th century Delhi, set new standards for the Urdu novel.
Faruqi translated it into English in 2013 as ‘The Mirror of Beauty.
In 1966, he founded ‘Shabkhoon’, a magazine that he edited for four decades

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