Nigar Khana By Shan-ul-Haq Haqqee By Shan-ul-Haq Haqqee

Description

Mazameen-e-Shanul Haq Haqqee Ki Muntakhib Tehriraen

This is a selection of Shanul Haq Haqqee’s literary essays. Haqqee had a fascination for words. Whatever he wrote, whether poetry, translations, criticism, or journalism, had a touch of his linguistic predilections. His chief concern was words and his experimentation in poetry was basically an effort to understand the usage and vocabulary of Urdu.

Following in the footsteps of Ameer Khusro, Haqqee composed Pahelis, or riddles, and Kehmukarnis, a kind of comic riddle. He even composed Rekhti, a genre of Urdu poetry written in the jargon of women and expressing sentiments peculiar to them. This book can be used as a supplementary reader for students of Urdu literature as well as general readers.

Author Biography

Shan-ul-Haq Haqqee (December 15, 1917 – October 11, 2005) is a well-known author, writer, journalist, broadcaster, translator, critic, researcher, linguist and lexicographer of Pakistan. Born in Delhi, Haqqee acquired his BA degree from Aligarh Muslim University. He obtained a Master’s degree in English literature from St. Stephen’s College, Delhi. He has also edited many literary journals and served in media organizations. He was awarded the Sitara-e-Imtiaz by the President of Pakistan in 1985. He has also written for children. He died in Canada in 2005.

His father, Ehtashamuddin Haqqee, wrote short stories, a study of Persian poet Hafez Shirazi, Tarjuman-ul-Ghaib, a translation of Diwan-i-Hafez in verse and assisted Baba-e-Urdu Maulvi Abdul Haq in compiling his Lughat-i-Kabeer (Grand Urdu Dictionary).