Khawaja Reazuddin Atash
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| Born: | 4th March, 1925 Patna Bihar, India |
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| Died: | January, 2001 Chicago, USA |
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| Nationality: | Pakistani |
| Website: | http://www.reazuddinatash.com/ |
Poet and writer, Khawaja Reazuddin Atash, is a noted poet and writer from Pakistan. He wrote ghazals, nazms and hamd-o-naat and authored books on the Urdu language based on research and references. He published his poems in three volumes, namely Saughat-e-Junoon (collection of ghazals), Jashn-e-Junoon (collection of nazms) and Vird-e-Nafas (collection of Hamd-o-Naat). He also published Daagh ka Akhri Charagh - a biography of famous Urdu poet, Dr. Mubarak Azeemabadi.
[edit] Biography
Atash was born on 4th March, 1925, (8th Sha'ban, 1342 H) at the historic city of Azeemabad (Patna) Bihar, India. He belongs to a literary family. His grand father, Sukhan Dehlavi, a disciple of Mirza Ghalib, was a renowned poet and writer of the late 19th century. Sukhan wrote and published many books, including collection of his poems, Divan-e-Sukhan, and Sarosh Sukhan, which is considered an early Urdu classic.
Atash spent the last ten years of his life in Chicago, IL (USA), where he bacame a popular literary personality. He passed away in January of 2001 and is buried at Chicago's Rosehill Cemetery.
