Naiyer Masud
Naiyer Masud (1936 – 24 July 2017)[1] was an Indian Urdu scholar and short story writer.[2][3][4]
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| Born | 1936 Lucknow, India |
| Died | (aged 81) |
| Nationality | Indian |
Early life and education
Masud was born in Lucknow and spent nearly all his life there, working until his retirement as a Professor of Persian at Lucknow University.
Masud was the son of Masud Hassan Rizvi, also a Lucknow University Professor of Persian, a scholar of dastaan who was awarded the 'Padma Shri' for 'Literature and Education' in 1970. He is the elder brother of the satirist Azhar Masud.
Career and honors
Masud is the author of many scholarly books and translations (notably of Kafka), but is best known for his short stories, collected in the volumes Ganjifa, Simiya, Itr-e-kaafoor, and Taoos Chaman Ki Myna. For the last, he was awarded the 2001 Urdu prize of the Sahitya Akademi and the Saraswati Samman in 2007.
He received the honor of being the subject of the entire 1997 issue of the Annual of Urdu Studies.[5]
A large selection of his stories have been translated into English by M.U. Memon in the volumes The Snake Catcher and Essence of Camphor.
References
- "Naiyer Masud, who metamorphosed Kafka in Urdu, dies at 81 - Times of India". The Times of India. 25 July 2017.
- Reporter, The Newspaper's Staff (25 July 2017). "Prominent scholar Naiyer Masud passes away".
- Dawn Books And Authors (17 February 2013). "COLUMN: Naiyer Masud: "A passionate but calm realist of the strange" by Muhammad Umar Memon". DAWN. Archived from the original on 7 February 2015. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
- "Naiyer Masud". Penguin Books India. Archived from the original on 7 February 2015. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
- "The Annual of Urdu Studies". Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 6 January 2011.