Zarina Sani

Zarina Sani

1980 portrait, taken by family members
Background information
Born 5 July 1936
Nagpur, Maharashtra, India
Origin India
Died 15 January 1982 (aged 45)
Nagpur
Genres Ghazal and nazm
Occupations Professor and head of department of Urdu and Persian at L.A.D. College, Nagpur from 1958 to 1982

Zarina Sani (1936–1982)[1] (Urdu: زرىنو سانی) was a renowned Indian Urdu poetess, writer and researcher.

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Early life

Sani was born in Nagpur, Maharashtra. She obtained Master of Arts degrees in Urdu and Persian, and a Ph.D.

Career

Sani was a lecturer in L.A.D. College, Nagpur.[2]

She is known for her Ph.D. thesis on the poetical works of Seemab Akbarabadi titled Seemab kii nazamiya shayarii, and her critical appraisal of the life and works of Mehr Lal Soni Zia Fatehabadi titled Budha Darakhat.[3] Her other books are Urdu shayarii kii Hindustani rooh and Safdar Aah bahasiat shair.

Sani co-authored Aaina-e-Ghazal, an Urdu-Hindi-Marathi-English glossary of Urdu words commonly used in Urdu ghazals, with English and Hindi equivalents.[4]

Bibliography

References

  1. ^ Updated list of Urdu authors Sr. No.2284-National council for Promotion of Urdu language http://www.urducouncil.nic.in/urdu_wrld/u_auth/index_all.htm
  2. ^ http://books.google.com/search?tbs=bks%3A1&tbo=1&q=books+on+zarina+sani&btnG=Search+Books - The Indian P.E.N. 1970 edition Vol.36 showing record of Zarina Sani awarded Ph.D. degree by Nagpur University
  3. ^ http://openlibrary.org/books/OL24596004M/Budha_Darakhat
  4. ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=ItktAAAAMAAJ&pg=PT18&dq=books+on+zarina+sani&hl=en