Munawwar Rana, Urdu poet, dies
LUCKNOW: Eminent city-based writer and Urdu poet Munawwar Rana died due to multiple organ failure at SGPGI on Sunday night. Munawwar’s only son Tabrez Rana confirmed his demise to TOI. The hospital is yet to issue a medical bulletin.
Tabrez told TOI that Munawwar, who had not been keeping well for a few months, was to be airlifted for treatment to AIIMS-Delhi. Rana’s son-in-law, Arshi, told TOI that five days ago, he had suffered a heart attack, following which he was shifted to SGPGI. He was in its critical care unit where he later developed multiple issues.
He was honoured with the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2014 for Shahdaba, a poem written by him. He returned the award about one year later. In 2012, he was awarded Maati Ratan Samman by Shaheed Shodha Sansthan for his services to Urdu literature. He vowed to never again accept a government award due to “rising intolerance in the country leading to state-sponsored communalism”.
Born in Rae Bareli in 1952, Rana was an accomplished Urdu-Hindi writer, and his poetry is appreciated in mushairas across the world. tnn
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