Eminent Urdu scholar, linguist, literary critic and former president of Sahitya Akademi, Gopi Chand Narang passed away last night at the age of 91, while living with his son Tarun Narang in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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Narang, who was admired with equal fervor among the public and Urdu scholars in the subcontinent, was recognized by the government of both India and Pakistan (he received the Padma Bhushan in India and the Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Star of Excellence) in Pakistan). . , He worked extensively on explaining and analyzing the works of Ghalib, Mir Taqi Mir and later Faiz Ahmad Faiz and Firaq Gorakhpuri beyond thematic and specific writings, wrote about 60 books in his career and advocated a language beyond communalism. Of. Made every effort. Apart from this, he also designed 10 books for children titled ‘Let’s Learn Urdu’ in English and Hindi.
Renowned Urdu scholar and author Prof. Saddened to learn about the passing away of Gopichand Narang. Always an animated conversationalist, with a deep understanding of the history of languages. tear out.
— salrfan habib (@irfhabib) 16 June 2022
While one of his most prominent works, Urdu Ghazal and Hindustani Zehn-o Tehzeeb (Urdu Ghazal and Indian Mind and Culture), traces the origin of the Ghazal, underlining that it was not merely a piece of love poetry, rather how the style incorporated the intellectual perspectives of both Hindu and Muslim. ,no languageBut it was his first work, Reading Urdu in Literary Urdu Prose (1968) that attracted much attention. Wherever Urdu is taught and taught in the world, this book must have been a part of the curriculum of all the universities of the world. is part of.
One of the most respected Urdu critics, theorists and linguists, Prof. I want to congratulate the sad.
We express our deepest condolences to his family and loved ones.#tear out #Ripgopichand Narang— Rekhta (@Rekhta) 15 June 2022
Born in Dukki, a small village in Balochistan, Narang was introduced to literature by his father, who was himself a scholar of various languages, including Balochi and Pashto. He was also a scholar of Sanskrit and Persian. After partition Narang moved to Karol Bagh in Delhi and started living in a peon’s house while trying to find some work to survive. After some time he took admission in the Masters in Urdu program at the University of Delhi under Professor Khwaja Ahmad Farooqui. Soon, he received his Ph.D. To complete it received a research fellowship from the Ministry of Education. This is when Narang received guidance from renowned names like Dr. Zakir Hussain (who later became the President of India), Dr. Tara Chand and Dr. Syed Abid Hussain. He started his teaching career at St. Stephen’s College in 1958 and joined Delhi University a year later. He then taught at the University of Wisconsin, but joined those who spoke the language of his choice. He traveled the world, taught Urdu, and in so doing he expanded his perspective by reading and understanding world literature.
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