Khaleel-Ur-Rehman Azmi

Khaleel-Ur-Rehman Azmi (9 August 1927 – 1 June 1978^[1]), also known as Khalil al-Rehman Azmi, was an Urdu poet and literary critic who was born in the village Seedhan Sultanpur in the district of Azamgarh.^{[citation needed]}

Khaleel-Ur-Rehman Aazmi
Born	(1927-08-09)9 August 1927 Azamgarh, United Provinces, British India
Died	1 June 1978(1978-06-01) (aged 50) Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India
Alma mater	Aligarh Muslim University
Occupation	Poet

Azmi's father Muhammad Shafi was a deeply religious man.^{[citation needed]} Azmi matriculated from Shibli National High School in Azamgarh in 1945. He gained his bachelor's degree in 1948 and his M.A. in Urdu from Aligarh Muslim University.^[2] During this period he tutored the British scholar of Urdu, Ralph Russell.^[3] He gained his Doctor of Philosophy in Urdu in 1957 from Aligarh Muslim University for a dissertation entitled: Urdu Mein Tarraqipasand Adabi Tahrik.^{[citation needed]}

In 1952 he became a Lecturer in Aligarh Muslim University's Department of Urdu. Four years later, he became a Reader and continued in that role until his death from leukemia in 1978. He was posthumously elevated to the rank of Professor.^{[citation needed]}

He started writing during his early school days and composed poems for Payami taleem, a children's literary magazine.^{[citation needed]} Proficient in both prose and poetry, he was one of the pioneers of Modernism in Urdu and was also aligned with the Progressive Writers Movement.^{[citation needed]} He received the Ghalib Award for Urdu Poetry in 1978.^[4] edited by Shaikh Afzal azmi

Work and contributions

• Kaghzi Pairahan (1953): a collection of poetry, nazms and ghazals.
• Naya Ahad Nama (1965): a collection of poetry, nazms and ghazals.
• Nai Nazm Ka Safar (edited): a collection of Urdu poetry from 1936 to 1972
• Fikr-o-Fan (1956)
• Zawiay-e-Nigah (1966)
• Mazameen-e-Nau (1977): a work of literary criticism
• Muqaddama-e-Kalam-e-Aatish
• Taraqqi Pasand Tahreek (1965)
• Urdu Mein Taraqqi Pasand Adabi Tahreek (1972)
• zindagi ae zindagi ( 1983)