Shaukat Thanvi
Shaukat Thanvi | |
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Born | Vrindavan, Mathura district, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, British India | 2 February 1904
Died | 4 May 1963 Lahore, West Pakistan, Pakistan | (aged 59)
Resting place | Graveyard of Miani Sahib, Lahore, Pakistan |
Occupation | Journalist, essayist, columnist, novelist, short story writer, broadcaster, playwright, humorist and poet |
Notable works | Sheesh Mahal, Sudeshi Rail |
Notable awards | Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Medal of Excellence) Award from the President of Pakistan (1963) |
Shaukat Thanvi (2 February 1904 – 4 May 1963) was a Pakistani writer and humorist.[1][2] His real name was Muhammad Umer and his father’s name was Munshi Siddique Ahmed.[1]
Early life
[edit]Shaukat Thanvi was born in Vrindavan, Mathura district, Uttar Pradesh, British India, on 2 February 1904.[1][3][4] Thana Bhawan, a small town in Muzaffarnagar district (now in Shamli district) of Uttar Pradesh, was Thanvi's ancestral hometown and possibly the source of his last name,[1] though Professor Mushtaq Azmi suggests that he adopted the name Thanvi because of his affection for the Islamic scholar Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanwi.[5]
Career
[edit]Shaukat Thanvi had little formal schooling. Starting in 1928, he started working for an Urdu-language newspaper Hamdam from Lucknow, British India and continued working for several other Urdu newspapers.[1] Then he joined the radio station in Lucknow as a writer and a broadcaster after it was first established in 1938. He was doing mainly humorous talk shows at the radio station and wanted to focus on it so he quit journalism.[1]
At the suggestion of veteran novelist Syed Imtiyaz Ali Taj, Thanvi joined Lahore's Pancholi Art Pictures as a story and songwriter in 1943.[1] After the independence of Pakistan in 1947, Pancholi Art Pictures closed down and Shaukat Thanvi joined Radio Pakistan in Lahore.[1] In 1957, Shaukat Thanvi joined the Daily Jang newspaper and started writing a humor column in it called "Vaghaira Vaghaira", which later became very popular among the Pakistani public.[4][1]
Marriage
[edit]He was not married to the Pakistani television actress Arsh Muneer, contrary to popular belief. However, he got married twice, first to Saeeda Khatoon and later to Zohra Begum.
Literary works
[edit]Thanvi wrote poetry while publishing more than sixty books.[1]
His notable works include:
Awards and recognition
[edit]- Shaukat Thanvi received the Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Medal of Excellence) Award on 23 March 1963 from the President of Pakistan.[1][4]
Death
[edit]Following his death on 4 May 1963, Thanvi's burial took place at Miani Sahib Graveyard, Lahore, which is located in front of Radio Pakistan.[4][1][3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Parekh, Rauf (6 May 2008). "Profile of Shaukat Thanvi". Dawn newspaper. Archived from the original on 4 March 2023. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
- ^ Shaukat Thanvi's book Sees Mahal on Scribd.com website
- ^ a b "Death anniversary of Shaukat Thanvi observed". Radio Pakistan website. 4 May 2024. Archived from the original on 9 May 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
- ^ a b c d "Humorist Shaukat Thanvi's anniversary today". Samaa TV News website. 4 May 2012. Archived from the original on 16 May 2023. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
- ^ Shaukat Thanvi; Prof. Mushtaq Azmi. "Profile of Shaukat Thanwi". Sheesh Mahal (in Urdu). M.R. Publications, Delhi.
- ^ Shaukat Thanvi. Sheesh Mahal (in Urdu). Rekhta.org website. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
- ^ Shaukat Thanvi. Swadeshi Rail (in Urdu). Rekhta.org website. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
External links
[edit]- 1904 births
- 1963 deaths
- Writers from Lahore
- Muhajir people
- Pakistani humorists
- Pakistani novelists
- Pakistani dramatists and playwrights
- Urdu-language novelists
- Pakistani male short story writers
- Urdu-language short story writers
- Pakistani radio personalities
- Recipients of Tamgha-e-Imtiaz
- 20th-century novelists
- 20th-century Pakistani short story writers
- Burials at Miani Sahib Graveyard
- 20th-century Pakistani male writers
- People from Shamli district