Imdad Hussaini

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{{langx|sd|امداد حسيني}}

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| native_name = Syed Imdad Hussain Shah

| pseudonym = Imdad Hussaini

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1940|03|10|df=y}}

| birth_place = Hyderabad, Sind, British India

| death_date = {{death date and age|2022|08|27|1940|03|10|df=y}}

| death_place = Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan

| occupation = Poet, writer

| nationality = Pakistani

| education = M.A. Sindhi

| alma_mater = University of Sindh Jamshoro

| awards = Pride of Performance Award by the President of Pakistan in 2003

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Imdad Hussaini ({{langx|sd|ﺍﻣﺪﺍﺩ ﺣﺴﻴﻨﻲ}}, {{langx|ur|ﺍﻣﺪﺍﺩ ﺣﺴﻴﻨﻰ}}; 10 March 1940 – 27 August 2022) was a Pakistani Sindhi poet and an Urdu language writer.{{cite book|title=Pakistan Pictorial on GoogleBooks website|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Wf4VAQAAMAAJ&q=Imdad+Hussaini+|date=1999|publisher=Pakistan Publications|page=42|access-date=15 November 2022}}{{cite web|url=http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007%5C04%5C20%5Cstory_20-4-2007_pg12_11 |title=Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai Awards distribution ceremony: Shaukat Siddiqui, Sheema Kirmani, Mai Bhagi, Raees Amrohvi honoured |last=Imam |first=Zainab |date=20 April 2007 |work=Daily Times (newspaper)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022165626/http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007%5C04%5C20%5Cstory_20-4-2007_pg12_11 |archive-date=22 October 2012 |url-status=dead |access-date=15 November 2022}}

Early life and career

Imdad Hussaini was a poet, short story writer, scholar and lyricist. Many singers including Abida Parveen, Bilquis Khanum, Arshad Mehmood, Robina Qureshi and Zarina Baloch have sung his songs for Radio Pakistan and Pakistan Television. He was born in Tikharu, a village on the left bank of the River Indus in Hyderabad District, Sindh.{{cite news | url=https://www.dawn.com/news/778444 | title=COLUMN: Imdad Hussaini: a vagabond poet by Amar Sindhu | newspaper=Dawn (newspaper) | date=13 January 2013 | access-date=15 November 2022}} His father's name was Syed Fazal Mohammed Shah, who was the first cousin of Syed Miran Mohammad Shah, the second speaker of the Sindh Assembly. Imdad Hussaini was an educationist by profession. He did M.A. in Sindhi literature.{{Cite web|title=امداد حسيني : (Sindhianaسنڌيانا)|url=http://www.encyclopediasindhiana.org/article.php?Dflt=امداد%20حسيني|access-date=13 September 2020|website=www.encyclopediasindhiana.org|language=sd}} He worked in various literary Institutions of Sindh, such as the Sindhi Adabi Board, the Sindh Textbook Board, the Institute of Sindhology and served as a member Board of Governors of the Sindhi Language Authority. He was Secretary of Sindhi Adabi Board during 1992–1993, editor of Sindhi Adabi Board's literary journal, Mehran (quarterly) from 1977 to 1979 and its managing editor from 2004 to 2006.{{Cite web|last=Syre|first=Muzamil|date=13 September 2020|title=ESSAY: IMDAD HUSSAINI — AS I SEE HIM|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1579124|access-date=15 November 2022|website=Dawn (newspaper)}}

Death

Hussaini died on 27 August 2022 in Karachi after a prolonged illness. {{Cite web|url=https://dailynews.com.pk/legendary-sindhi-poet-imdad-hussaini-passes-away/|title=Legendary Sindhi poet Imdad Hussaini passes away – Daily News}}

Published works

Hawa Jay Samhoon
Shehar
Imdad Aahay Rol
Kirnay Jehro Pal

He translated in Urdu, Mirza Qaleech Baig's novel Zeenat; Urdu translation by Imdad Hussaini; published by Pakistan Academy of Letters, Islamabad in 1978.

He also translated a historical epic tale (originating about a thousand years ago) of Sindh in Urdu:

Dodo Chanesar, Urdu translation by Imdad Hussaini; published by the National Institute of Folk and Traditional Heritage, Islamabad in 1975.

He compiled two books:

Sindh je Deeni Adab jo Catalogue, published by Institute of Sindhology in 1971
Mual Manhoo Jeeari Peeda by Tikhur Publications

Awards and recognition

Pride of Performance Award by the President of Pakistan in 2003{{cite news | url=https://www.dawn.com/news/52557/two-foreigners-among-94-conferred-civil-awards | title=Two foreigners among 94 conferred civil awards | newspaper=Dawn (newspaper) | date=14 August 2002 | access-date=15 November 2022}}
Josh Malihabadi Lifetime Achievement Award in 2007
Allama Iqbal Award for Urdu poetry for his book Dhoop Kiran in 2016[https://www.pakistanpressfoundation.org/fahmida-riaz-nominated-for-kamal-e-fun-award/ Allama Iqbal Award for Imdad Hussaini, info on Pakistan Press Foundation website] Published 6 January 2016, Retrieved 15 November 2022