Khawaja Reazuddin Atash

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Poet and writer, Khawaja Reazuddin Atash link title, is a noted poet and writer from Pakistan. He wrote ghazals, nazms and hamd-o-naat and authored books on the Urdu language based on research and references. He published his poems in three volumes, namely Saughat-e-Junoon (collection of ghazals), Jashn-e-Junoon (collection of nazms) and Vird-e-Nafas (collection of Hamd-o-Naat). He also published Daagh ka Akhri Charagh - a biography of famous Urdu poet, Dr. Mubarak Azeemabadi.

Atash was born on 4th March, 1925, (8th Sha'ban, 1342 H) at the historic city of Azeemabad (Patna) Bihar, India. He belongs to a literary family. His grand father, Sukhan Dehlavi, a disciple of Mirza Ghalib, was a renowned poet and writer of the late 19th century. Sukhan wrote and published many books, including collection of his poems, Divan-e-Sukhan, and Sarosh Sukhan, which is considered an early Urdu classic.

Atash spent the last ten years of his life in Chicago, IL (USA), where he bacame a popular literary personality. He passed away in January of 2001 and is buried at Chicago's Rosehill Cemetery.