Biography
Syed Asghar Wajahat was born on July 5, 1946 in the city of Fatehpur, in Fatehpur district, Uttar Pradesh. He completed his M.A. (Hindi) in 1968, and his Ph.D in 1974, also from Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), later he did his Post Doctoral Research from Jawaharlal Nehru University (1981–83). And by 1960, while still studying at the Aligarh Muslim University, he had already started writing.
He joined Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi in 1971 as a Lecturer of Hindi, and later became a Professor and also the Head of the Department of Hindi in the university.
A brief Note on Asghar Wajahat
Asghar Wajahat, Professor of Hindi at Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi is a reputed Hindi writer also. He has published 20 books including five novels, six full-length plays, five collections of short stories, a travelogue, a collection of street plays and a book on literary criticism.
He has also written film scripts and conducted workshops on screen writing. He has been placed among the top ten Hindi writers according to a survey conducted by Outlook (Hindi) magazine in 2007.
His work has been translated to many Indian and foreign languages
A collection of his short stories in English entitled Lies: Half told (ISBN 81 – 87075-92-9) has also been published. An Italian translation of his stories was published by Centro de Studio de documentation, Universitá degli Studio de Venezia, in 1987.
Apart from his fiction, he regularly writes for various newspapers and magazines. He was guest Editor of BBCHindi.com for three months in 2007. He has also been associated with reputed Hindi literary magazines like Hans and Vartaman Sahitya as guest editor for their special issues on ‘Indian Muslims: Present and Future’ and ‘Pravasi Sahity’.
Dr. Wajahat has also been involved in Hindi cinema as a scriptwriter since 1975. He is now working on a film script for filmmaker Rajkumar Santoshi. He himself has made few documentary films including a 20-minute on the development of Urdu Ghazal.
He has been honored by several literary organizations for his contribution to Hindi literature. Katha (UK), a London based organisation gave him the ‘Best novel of the year award’ in 2005 for his novel Kaisi Aagi Lalaee.
Presently, he is Professor of Hindi, Jamia Millia Islamia. He was also the officiating Director, A.J. Kidwai Mass Communication Research Centre at Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi.
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