Who is Abdul Qavi Desnavi?
Wednesday, November 1, 2017 IST
Abdul Qavi Desnavi’s 87th birth anniversary celebrated with a Google Doodle
The Google Doodle on Wednesday commemorated the 87th birthday of Urdu writer Abdul Qavi Desnavi.
Born on November 1, 1930 in Desna village of Bihar, Desnavi has over 50 books on Urdu literature to his credit.
Among his major works were Hayat-e-Abul Kalam Azad, a book on freedom fighter Maulana Abul Kalam Azad published in 2000.
Some of his other famous works include Sat Tahriren, Motala-E-Khotoot Ghalib and Talash-E-Azad.
“As the head of the Urdu Department at Bhopal’s Saifia College and a member of several regional and national literary bodies, he exerted a powerful influence on the evolution of Urdu literature and academic thought in India. At a personal level, he mentored some of India’s finest Urdu poets and writers such as Javed Akhtar and Iqbal Masood,” Google’s blog reads.
He died in July, 2011.
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