Mirza Adeeb

Mirza Adeeb
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A portrait of Mirza Adeeb
Native name مرزا ادیب (Urdu)
Born Mirza Dilawer
(1914-04-04)4 April 1914
Lahore, Punjab, British India
(now Pakistan)
Died 31 July 1999(1999-07-31) (aged 85)
Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Pen name Meerza Adeeb
Occupation Dramatist, short-story writer
Language Punjabi, Urdu
Nationality British Indian
(1914–1947)
Pakistani
(1947–1999)
Citizenship Pakistani
Education B.A. (Hon.)
Alma mater
Period Modern Era (Post-World War II)
Genre Drama, short story
Subject Verisimilitude, Realism and Romanticism
Literary movement Progressive Movement
Romanticist Movement
Notable works Pas-i Pardah’ (1967)
Caccā Coṉc
Notable awards
  • Pride of Performance
    14 August 1981[1]
  • Adamjee Literary AwardPakistan Writers’ Guild[1]
    31 January 1968 Pas-i Pardah – Drama
  • United Book PrizePakistan Writers’ Guild[1]
    2 November 1976 Caccā Coṉc – Short story

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Mirza Adeeb, PP, BA (Hon), (Urdu: مرزا ادیبMirzā Adīb; 4 April 1914 — 31 July 1999[1][3][4]), also known as Meerza Adeeb, (میرزا ادیبMīrzā Adīb),[4] was a Pakistani Urdu writer of drama and short story.[5] His plays and short stories won him six prizes and awards from the Pakistan Writers’ Guild.[1]

Name

Mirza Adeeb’s birth name was Mirza Dilawer,[6][7] but he came to be known in the literary world as Mirza Adeeb. (Mirza denotes the rank of a high nobleman or Prince,[Note 1] and ‘Adeeb’ means ‘Litterateur’.)

Early life

He was born in 1914, in Lahore, British India to Mirza Basheer Ali.[1] He attended Government Islamia High School, Bhati Gate, Lahore.[2] He got his Bachelor of Arts degree from Islamia College, Lahore. In the beginning, he made poetry his device,[1] but later pursued his interest in playwriting as his métier.[6]

Career

Plays

At first, being influenced from the Rūmānwī Tẹḥrīk, (رومانوی تحریکUrdu for The Romanticist Movement), he wrote romantic prose.[8]

Later, he switched to writing plays about everyday events and incidents taking place in the society; focusing more on social problems and quotidian issues. His later works were pragmatist and verisimilitudinous.[7] He used simple and everyday language in his plays, which enabled them to get a greater audience. Moreover, he had begun writing one-act dramas, which made them easier to broadcast over radio and television.[9] When he affiliated himself with Radio Pakistan, many of his plays were broadcast and they gained popularity in the masses.[10] He is listed as a prominent Urdu playwright of the Modern Era.[9]

Other works

His main works, other than dramas, include stories and biographies.[9] He also wrote critical essays and commentaries on books, besides writing columns in newspapers. He was also influenced by the Taraqqī-Pasasnd Tẹḥrīk (ترقّی-پسند تحریکUrdu for Progressive Movement).[9] Besides, he also discharged his duties as the editor of many magazines, of which the most notable is Adab-e Laṭīf, (ادبِ لطیفUrdu for ‘Humorous Literature’). He also translated some American stories to Urdu.[9] Furthermore, he wrote numerous stories for children.

Style

Following are the main features of Mirza Adeeb's style of writing:[9]

Works

  1. Āⁿsū aur Sitārē (آنسو اور ستارے, Urdu for ‘Tears and the Stars’),[6]
  2. Lahū aur Qālīn (لہو اور قالین, Urdu for ‘the Blood and the Carpet’),[6]
  3. Šīšē kī Dīwār (شیشے کی دیوار, Urdu for ‘the Wall of Glass’),[6][11]
  4. Sutūn (ستون, Urdu for ‘the Pillar’),[6][12]
  5. Faṣīl-e Šab (فصیلِ شب, Urdu for ‘Part of the Night’),[1]
  6. Pas-e Pardah (پسِ پرده, Urdu for ‘Beneath the Veil’, 1967),[1][7]
  7. Xāk Našīn (خاک نشین, Urdu for ‘the Earth Dwellers’)[8] and
  8. Šīšah Mērē Saŋg (شیشہ میرے سنگ, Urdu for ‘the Glass With Me’).[6]
  1. Jaŋgal (جنگل, Urdu for ‘the Jungle’),
  2. Dīwārēⁿ (دیواریں, Urdu for ‘the Walls’),
  3. Kambal (کمبل, Urdu for ‘the Blanket’).

Awards

See also

Notes

  1. The derivation of which word is from Emir (AmīrUrdu for nobleman) and ZādahUrdu for son.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Aqeel Abbas Jafari (2010). Pakistan Chronicle (in Urdu) (1st ed.). 94/1, 26th St., Ph. 6, D.H.A., Karachi: Virsa Publications. p. 842. ISBN 9789699454004.
  2. 1 2 Shoaib Ahmed (1 October 2003). "One of the oldest schools in Lahore ‘closed’". Daily Times. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
  3. "Fāt̴imah Bint-e ʿAbdullāh". Urdū (lāzmī), barā-yi jamāʿat dahum. 21, E2, Gulberg III, Lahore: Punjab Textbook Board. 2009. p. 51.
  4. 1 2 "Apnā Apnā Rāg". Sarmāya-eh Urdū (dōm). Islamabad: National Book Foundation. 2011. p. 70.
  5. "Literary Necrology 2001 (Bibliography)". World Literature Today. 22 March 2002. Retrieved 15 September 2013.  via HighBeam (subscription required)
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Apnā Apnā Rāg". Ā'īna-eh Urdū (lāzmī). 40, Urdu Bazaar, Lahore: Khalid Book Depot. 2006. p. 124.
  7. 1 2 3 4 "Fāṭimah Bint-e ʿAbdullah". Ā'īna-eh Urdū lāzmī (dōm). 40, Urdu Bazaar, Lahore: Khalid Book Depot. 2006. pp. 173–174.
  8. 1 2 "Apnā Apnā Rāg". Sarmāya-eh Urdū (lāzmī). Kabir St., Urdu Bazaar, Lahore: Ilmi Kitab Khana. 2008. p. 122.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Mirzā Adīb kē Fan par Tabṣirah". Muṣannifīn peh Tabṣirah. Karachi: Adamjee Centre. 2010. pp. 10–11.
  10. 1 2 Mirzā Adīb. Karachi: NCR Institute. 2010. p. 5.
  11. "Šīšē kī Dīwār by Mirza Adeeb – Urdu Book online". UrduPoint.com. 16 November 2007. Retrieved 12 June 2013.
  12. Mirza Adeeb. Sutūn. s..n. Retrieved 8 June 2013.
  13. Mirza Adeeb (1981). Miṫṫī kā Diyā. Retrieved 8 June 2013.
  14. "Miṫṫī kā Diyā – Mirza Adeeb". 786books.com. Retrieved 12 June 2013.
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