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Gopichand Narang, President of the Sahitya Akademi
Eminent Urdu scholar. Born 1.1.1931, Dukki (now in Pakistan)
Educated at Delhi University
M.A., 1954 (in Urdu); Ph.D., 1958
Diploma in linguistics, 1961
Hons. in Persian , 1958
Hons. in Urdu, 1948. Teaching, retd. Prof. of Urdu, University of
Delhi & writing.
Career
Dean, Faculty of Humanities & Languages, Jamia Millia Islamia, 1981-82
Visiting Prof., Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, Minnesota, etc. U.S.A.,
1963-65 & 1968-70 and Norway Univ., Oslo, 1997
> Member, All India Anjuman Taraqqi-e-Urdu, 1973-92
> Convener, Urdu Advisory Board, Sahitya Akademi, 1983-92
> Chairman, Urdu Committee, NCERT, 1981-91, etc.
Awards and honours
> Ghalib Award, 1985
> U.P. Urdu Academy Award, 1972
> Meer Award, 1977
> Amir Khusrau Award, 1987 from AKSA, Chicago
> Canadian Academy of Urdu Language & Lit. Award, 1987
> Sahitya Akademi Award, 1995 for Sakhtiyat Pas-Sakhtiyat Aur
Mashriqi Sheriyat
> Khawaja Ashkar Hussain Award, Toronto, Canada
> Conferred 'Padma Shri', 1991 by Govt. of India
> Fellow of Royal Asiatic Society, London
> Commonwealth Fellowship
> Ford Foundation & Michigan University grants
Mother tongue
Saraiki
> writes in Urdu, English and Hindi
Publications in vernacular
> More than 48 books, including poetry, research, critical works and
on linguistics
> Hindustani Qisson Se Makhuz Urdu Masnawiyan, 62
> Iqbal ka Fann, 83
> Usoolbiyat-e-Mir, 85
> Urdu Afsana, Riwayat Aur Masail, 86
> Saniha-e-Karbala Bataur Sheri Isti'ara, 86
> Amir Khusrau Ka Hindavi Kalaam, 87
> Abadi Tanqeed Aur Usloo Biyat, 89 (all lit. research & crit.)
Publications in English
> Karkhandari Dialect of Delhi Urdu, 61 (ling.)
> Urdu Language and Literature: Critical Perspectives, 91
Associated with a number of learned bodies.
Has travelled widely in USA, UK, Canada, Russia, Mexico, Germany,
France, China, Japan and other countries.
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