Mirza Adeeb

Mirza Adeeb
میرزا ادیب
A portrait of Mirza Adeeb
Born
Mirza Dilawer

(1914-04-04)4 April 1914
Lahore, Punjab, British India
(now Punjab, Pakistan)
Died31 July 1999(1999-07-31) (aged 85)
Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
CitizenshipPakistani
Education
OccupationsDramatist or Playwright, Short story writer
Writing career
Pen nameMeerza Adeeb
LanguagePunjabi, Urdu
PeriodModern Era (Post-World War II)
GenresDrama, short story
SubjectsVerisimilitude, Realism and Romanticism
Notable worksPas-i Pardah (1967), Caccā Coṉc
Notable awards
Movements
Progressive Movement
Romanticist Movement
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Mirza Adeeb :PP, BA (Hon), (Punjab, Urdu: مرزا ادیب—Mirzā Adīb; 4 April 1914 – 31 July 1999), also known as Meerza Adeeb, (میرزا ادیب—Mīrzā Adīb), was a Pakistani dramatist, playwright and short story writer who wrote in Urdu and Punjabi languages. His plays and short stories won him six prizes and awards from the Pakistan Writers' Guild.

Name

Mirza Adeeb's birth name was Mirza Dilawer Ali, but he came to be known in the literary world as Mirza Adeeb. (Mirza denotes the rank of a high nobleman or Prince, and Adeeb means 'litterateur').

Early life

He was born on 4 April 1914, in Lahore, British India to Mirza Basheer Ali. He attended Government Islamia High School, Bhati Gate, Lahore. He got his Bachelor of Arts degree from Islamia College, Lahore. He initially focused on poetry, then devoted himself to playwriting.

Career

Plays

At first, being influenced by the Rūmānwī Tẹḥrīk—رومانوی تحریک (Urdu for 'The Romanticist Movement'), he wrote romantic prose.

Later, he switched to writing plays about everyday events and incidents taking place in society, focusing more on social problems and common public issues. His later works were pragmatist and verisimilitudinous. 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. When he affiliated himself with Radio Pakistan, many of his plays were broadcast and gained popularity among the masses. He is listed as a prominent Urdu playwright of the Modern Era.

Other works

His main works, other than dramas, include stories and biographies. 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 تحریک (Urdu for 'Progressive Movement'). He was also the editor of magazines, of which the most notable is Adab-e Laṭīf—ادبِ لطیف (Urdu for 'Humorous Literature'). He also translated some American stories to Urdu.

Style

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

Works

Awards

Death

Mirza Adeeb died on 31 July 1999 in Lahore, Pakistan at age 85.

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ The derivation of which word is from Emir – Amīr (Urdu for 'nobleman') and Zādah (Urdu 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). Karachi: Virsa Publications. p. 842. ISBN 978-969-9454-00-4.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Renowned playwright Mirza Adeeb remembered". The Nation (newspaper). Archived from the original on 5 April 2023. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
  3. ↑ "Fāt̴imah Bint-e ʿAbdullāh". Urdū (lāzmī), barā-yi jamāʿat dahum. 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. Archived from the original on 11 October 2013. Retrieved 15 September 2013 – via HighBeam Research.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Apnā Apnā Rāg". Ā'īna-eh Urdū (lāzmī). Lahore: Khalid Book Depot. 2006. p. 124.
  7. 1 2 3 4 "Fāṭimah Bint-e ʿAbdullah". Ā'īna-eh Urdū lāzmī (dōm). 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. ↑ "Šīšē kī Dīwār by Mirza Adeeb – Urdu Book online". UrduPoint.com website. 16 November 2007. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  11. ↑ Mirza Adeeb. Sutūn. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  12. ↑ Mirza Adeeb (1981). "Miṫṫī kā Diyā". GoogleBooks website. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  13. ↑ Mirza Adeeb profile on urduyouthforum.org website Retrieved 10 August 2019