Gopi Chand Narang

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“Language is being; it is also the interface of culture. Language is not the medium; it is condition of literature.” — Gopi Chand Narang

Eminent Urdu writer, scholar, critic and linguist. Born 1.1.1931, Dukki (now in Pak.)

Educ. M.A., 1954 (in Urdu); Ph.D., 1958 Dip. in Ling., 1961; Hons in Persian, 1958; Hons. in Urdu, 1948. Car. Writing and teaching,

Presently President, Sahitya Akademi retd. Prof. of Urdu, Univ. of Delhi; Dean, Faculty of Humanities & Languages, Jamia Millia Islamia, 1981-82; Visiting Prof., Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, Minnesota, etc. U.S.A., 1963-65 & 1968-70 & Norway Univ., Oslo, 1997; Member, Governing Body, Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla, 2003- ; Trustee, NBT, 1997- ; Member Governing Body, ICCR, 2003- ;Vice-President, Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi (1998-2002); Member, Executive Board and General Council, Sahitya Akademi, 83-92 and its Urdu Advisory Board; Member, All India Anjuman Taraqqi-e-Urdu, 1973-92; Chairman, Urdu Committee, NCERT, 1981-91, etc. Awards & Hons. Mazzini Gold Medal by the Government of Italy, 2005; Ghalib Award, 1985; U.P. Urdu Academy Award, 1972; Meer Award, 1977; Amir Khusrau Award, 1987 from AKSA, Chicago; Canadian Academy of Urdu Language & Lit. Award, 1987; Sahitya Akademi Award, 1995 for Sakhtiyat Pas-Sakhiyat Aur Mashriqi Shriyat (criticism);

Was Awarded Padma Bhushan by His Excellency The President of India in 2004, and Padma Shri in 1991. Fellow of Royal Asiatic Society, London; receipient of Ford Foundation & Michigan Univ. grants & Commonwealth Fellowship, Professor Emeritus, Delhi University, 2005 etc. mt. Saraiki, writes in Urdu, English & Hindi. Pubs.

More than 60 books, including poetry, fiction, research, critical works & on linguistics: in Urdu : Hindustani Qisson Se Makhuz Urdu Masnawiyan, 1962; Iqbal Ka Fann, 1983; Usloobiyat- e-Mir, 1985; Urdu Afsana, Riwayat Aur Masail, 1986; Saniha-e-Karbala Bataur Sheri Isti’ara, 1986; Amir Khusrau Ka Hindavi Kalaam, 1987; Adbi Tanqeed Aur Usloobiyat, 1989; Hindustan ki Tehreek-e-Azadi aur Urdu Shairi, 2004; Taraqqi Pasandi, Jadidiat, Maba’d-e-Jadidiat, 2004; Jadidiat ke baad, 2005; (all lit. research & crit.); Urdu Zaban aur Lesaniyat, 2006 (ling.); in English : Karkhandari Dialect of Delhi Urdu, 1961 (ling.); Urdu Language and Literature : Critical Perspectives, 1991 (crit.). Readings in Lit. Urdu Prose, 1965; Rajinder Singh Bedi: Selected Short Stories, 1989; Krishan Chander: Selected Short Stories, 1990; Balwant Singh: Selected Short Stories, 1996 (all edd.); in Hindi : Urdu Par Khulta Dareecha, 2004 (crit.). His books translated into different Indian languages; six books have been written on him including a Ph.D. thesis. Contributed papers and participated in various seminars, conferences and workshops at International and national levels. Associated with a number of learned bodies. Has travelled widely in USA, UK, Canada, Russia, Mexico, Germany, France, China, Japan & other countries.