Munawwar Rana Shayari & Ghazal

Munawwar Rana (Urdu: منور رانا, Hindi: मुनव्वर राना) (born 26 November 1952) is an Indian modern Urdu poet born in Raebareli, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Nationality - Indian

Occupation - Urdu Poet

Writer Awards Sahitya Akademi Award for Urdu Literature (2014)

Munawwar Rana was born in Raebareli in Uttar Pradesh in 1952, but spent most of his life in Kolkata.

He uses Hindi and Awadhi words and avoids Persian and Arabic. This makes his poetry accessible to Indian audiences and explains his success in poetic meets in non-Urdu areas.

Munawwar has published numerous ghazals. He has a distinct style of writing. Most of his Shers have Mother as the centre point of his love, much different from other poets. Sahitya Akademi Award for Urdu Literature (2014). He returned the award about one year later, during the"intolerance" movement started by the civil society activists in the run-up to the 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election. He vowed to never again accept a government award. He was accused (along with other Akademi award winners) of conspiring to tarnish the image of government). Munnawar Rana is married and now lives in Lucknow.

Real Name : Sayed Munawwar Ali

Winner of two dozen awards, Lucknow-based Munawwar Rana is one of India’s most popular and admired poets with a unique tone of voice. He writes both in Hindi and Urdu and is a prominent name in Mushaira circles in India and abroad. His most famous poem was the ground-breaking ‘Maa’ in which he used the genre of Ghazal to extol the virtues of a mother. Some of his other works include Muhajirnama, Ghar Akela Ho Gaya and Peepal Chhaon. He was recently conferred with the prestigious Sahitya Akademi Award for his poetry book, Shahdaba. This award adds to a long list of honors already bestowed upon him, some of which include the Ameer Khusro Award, Mir Taqi Mir Award, Ghalib Award, Dr. Zakir Hussain Award, and the Saraswati Samaj Award. Rana’s poetry has also been translated and published in Hindi, Urdu, Gurumukhi and Bangla.

GREAT COLLECTION OF SHAYARI AND GHAZAL OF MUNAWWAR RANA IN HINDI