Monday, January 31, 2005

Iqbal Award by MP to Shaharyar

BHOPAL: Eminent Urdu poet Shaharyar would be awarded National Iqbal Samman instituted by the Culture Department of Madhya Pradesh government. Noted lyricist and Urdu poet Nida Fazli would get the state level Shikhar Samman. Well-known sculpturist Robin David and folk singer Prahlad Tipania would get Shikhar Samman in the fields of allied arts.

The National Iqbal Samman carries cash award of Rs one lakh and citation. Shaharyar is a distinguished personality in the field of contemporary Urdu poetry. Many of his anthologies and books have been published including 'Izm-e-Azam', 'Hijra ke mausam', 'Khwab ka ghar band hae', 'Kafile yadon ke'. He has many prestigious awards including Uttar Pradesh Urdu Academy Award, Critical Circle of India Award. He has written many ghazals for films, which have been quite popular.

Nida Fazli's poetry has been much acclaimed. he is also a famous lyricist of films. His lyrics in films like 'Razia Sultan', 'Falak', 'Badshah' etc have been very popular.

http://www.centralchronicle.com/20050103/0301024.htm

Read Shaharyar's poetry : http://www.urdupoetry.com/shahryar.html

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