Mujtaba Hussain
{{Short description|Indian satirist (1936–2020)}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1936|07|15}}
| birth_place = Hyderabad, Hyderabad State, British India
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2020|05|27|1936|07|15}}
| death_place = Hyderabad, Telangana, India
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| occupation = Writer
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| known for = Urdu satire
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| relatives = Ibrahim Jalees (brother)
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Mujtaba Hussain (15 July 1936{{dash}}27 May 2020) was an Indian satirist and writer of Urdu literature.{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/mujtaba-hussain-a-humorist-par-excellence/article4569606.ece | title=Mujtaba Hussain – A humorist par excellence | work=The Hindu | date=1 April 2013 | access-date=15 January 2016}}
Early life
Hussain was born on 15 July 1936 in Hyderabad.{{cite book |last=Nizami |first=Zafar Ahmad|author-link=Zafar Ahmad Nizami |title=Qalmi khāke, Mashoor Shakhsiyat Ka Jame Taaruf |trans-title=Pen Sketches: Brief Biographical Sketches of Famous Personalities|chapter=Mujtaba Hussain |language=ur-IN |location=Jogabai, New Delhi |publisher=Institute of Objective Studies |pages=131–132 }} His brother Ibrahim Jalees was also a humorist, who had moved to Pakistan after the partition of India.{{Citation needed|date= March 2022}}
Career
Hussain published several books and over 15 volumes of humor journalism, with many of them translated into Hindi, English and other languages.{{cite web | url=https://hindiurduflagship.org/lecture/mujtaba-hussain-urdu-satire/ | title=A Reading of Urdu Satire | publisher=Hindi Urdu Flagship | date=2016 | access-date=15 January 2016}} Apne Yaad Mein, an autobiographical satire, Urdu ke sheher urdu ke log,{{cite book | title=Urdu ke sheher urdu ke log | author=Mujtab Hussain | year=2011 | isbn=978-8182238220}} Behar hal,{{cite book | title=Behar hal | author=Mujtaba Hussain | year=2011 | isbn=978-8182238572}} Safar lakht lakht{{cite book | title=Safar lakht lakht | author=Mujtaba Hussain | year=2011 | isbn=978-8182238930}} and Mera Column{{cite book | title=Mera Column | author=Mujtaba Hussain | year=2011 | isbn=978-8182239128}} are some of his notable works. The account of his life has been published as a book by Educational Publishing House, New Delhi, titled Mujtaba hussain jaisa dekha jaisa paya,{{cite book | url=http://ephbooks.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=1104 | title=Mujtaba hussain jaisa dekha jaisa paya | publisher=Educational Publishing House | author=G. Kaur | year=2013}} and they have also published another book, Mujtaba Hussain Ainon ke Beech, on his writing and creations.{{cite book | url=http://ephbooks.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=41 | title=Mujtaba Hussain Ainon ke Beech | publisher=Educational Publishing House | author=Srivastava M. L. | year=2013 | isbn=978-93-5073-118-5}} The Siasat Daily, an Urdu-language Indian daily, has launched a dedicated website on Hussain, where 25 books totaling over 6500 pages of his writings are available for reading.{{cite web | url=https://www.siasat.com/news/siasats-website-mujtaba-hussains-writings-811196/ | title=Siasat website on Mujtaba Hussain's writings | publisher=Siasat | date=11 August 2015 | access-date=15 January 2016}}
Awards and recognition
In 2007, the Government of India awarded him the Padma Shri, its fourth highest civilian honour, for his contributions to Urdu literature.{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | title=Padma Awards | publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India | date=2016 | access-date=3 January 2016}}
In 2019, he returned the Padma Shri award citing the atmosphere of hate and protests across the country in the wake of the India's newly amended Citizenship Law.{{cite news |title=Noted Urdu writer Padma Shri Mujtaba Hussain passes away |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2020/may/27/noted-urdu-writer-padma-shri-mujtaba-hussain-passes-away-2148709.html |access-date=29 May 2020 |publisher=The New Indian Express |date=27 May 2020}}
Death
See also
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References
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External links
- {{cite AV media | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RdZ3X8q2qM | title=Mujtaba Hussain: Urdu Satire | publisher=Hindi Urdu Flagship | date=30 May 2013 | medium=Documentary}}
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Category:People from Hyderabad district, India
Category:Urdu-language writers from India
Category:Writers from Hyderabad, India
Category:20th-century Indian essayists
Category:Urdu-language humorists
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