Mirza Adeeb
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Pakistan Writers' Guild[1] 2 November 1976 Caccā Coṉc – Short story |
Mirza Adeeb:مرزا ادیب, Pakistan Writers' Guild.[1]
Name
Mirza Adeeb's
nobleman or Prince,[Note 1]
and Adeeb means 'Litterateur'.)
Early life
He was born on 4 April 1914, in
Career
Plays
At first, being influenced from the Rūmānwī Tẹḥrīk—رومانوی تحریک (
Urdu 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 common public issues. His later works were
Other works
His main works, other than dramas, include stories and biographies.
Style
Following are the main features of Mirza Adeeb's style of writing:[9]
- Objectivity: His plays had a strong sense of objectivityin them.
- Riveting dialogues: The dialogues he chose were grounded, yet captivating. Each character spoke according to his/her social status and his dramas did not contain artificial, literary dialogues. His dialogues also contained witty repartees and striking replies.
- Versatility: His story lines include a variety of topics, taken from the prosaic lives on common people.
- Pragmatism: Rather than focusing on characterisation, as did many of his contemporaries, he focused more on events.
- Humanitarianism: His plays and stories have a humanitarian and philanthropic outlook.
Works
- His selective drama-collections are:
- Āⁿsū aur Sitārē, آنسو اور ستارے (Urdu for 'Tears and the Stars')[6]
- Lahū aur Qālīn, لہو اور قالین (Urdu for 'the Blood and the Carpet')[6]
- Šīšē kī Dīwār, شیشے کی دیوار (
- Sutūn, ستون (
- Faṣīl-e Šab, فصیلِ شب (Urdu for 'Part of the Night')[1]
- m'Pas-e Pardah, پسِ پرده (
- Xāk Našīn, خاک نشین (Urdu for 'the Earth Dwellers')[8]and
- Šīšah Mērē Saŋg, شیشہ میرے سنگ (Urdu for 'the Glass With Me')[6]
- His selective short-story collections are:[9]
- Jaŋgal, جنگل (Urdufor 'the Jungle')
- Dustak, دستک (Urdufor 'Knocking')
- Dīwārēⁿ, دیواریں (Urdufor 'the Walls')
- Kambal, کمبل (Urdufor 'the Blanket')
- Sharfoo Ki Kahani, شروف کی کہانی (Urdufor 'The Story of Nobel people')
- Wo Larki Kon Thi, وہ لڑکی کون تھی (Urdufor 'Who was that girl')
- His collection of personal biographies is:
- Nāxun kā Qarź, ناخن کا قرض (Urdu for 'the Debt of the Fingernail')[1]
- Miṫṫī kā Diyā, مٹّی کا دیا (
Awards
- Presidential Award for playwriting, 1969
- Pride of Performance Award for literature in 1981[13][1]
- His play, Pas-e Pardah (1967), won him the Ādamjī Adabī Ēwārḋ (آدم جی ادبی ایوارڈ—Adamjee Literary Award)[9] in 1968[1]
Death
Mirza Adeeb died on 31 July 1999 in Lahore, Pakistan at age 85.[2]
See also
Notes
- Urdu for 'son').
References
- ^ ISBN 9789699454004.
- ^ a b c d e "Renowned playwright Mirza Adeeb remembered". The Nation (newspaper). Archived from the original on 5 April 2023. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
- ^ "Fāt̴imah Bint-e ʿAbdullāh". Urdū (lāzmī), barā-yi jamāʿat dahum. Lahore: Punjab Textbook Board. 2009. p. 51.
- ^ a b "Apnā Apnā Rāg". Sarmāya-eh Urdū (dōm). Islamabad: National Book Foundation. 2011. p. 70.
- ^ "Literary Necrology 2001 (Bibliography)". World Literature Today. 22 March 2002. Archived from the original on 11 October 2013. Retrieved 15 September 2013 – via HighBeam Research.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Apnā Apnā Rāg". Ā'īna-eh Urdū (lāzmī). Lahore: Khalid Book Depot. 2006. p. 124.
- ^ a b c d "Fāṭimah Bint-e ʿAbdullah". Ā'īna-eh Urdū lāzmī (dōm). Lahore: Khalid Book Depot. 2006. pp. 173–174.
- ^ Urdu Bazaar, Lahore: Ilmi Kitab Khana. 2008. p. 122.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Mirzā Adīb kē Fan par Tabṣirah". Muṣannifīn peh Tabṣirah. Karachi: Adamjee Centre. 2010. pp. 10–11.
- ^ "Šīšē kī Dīwār by Mirza Adeeb – Urdu Book online". UrduPoint.com website. 16 November 2007. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
- ^ Mirza Adeeb. Sutūn. GoogleBooks. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
- ^ Mirza Adeeb (1981). "Miṫṫī kā Diyā". GoogleBooks website. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
- ^ Mirza Adeeb profile on urduyouthforum.org website Retrieved 10 August 2019
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