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About Shahzad A. Rizvi
- Dr.
- Shahzad A.
- Rizvi Ph.D.
- (28 February 1937-) is an Indian-born American author, scholar and Urdu poet.
- His English language works include historical novels set in India and scholarly articles on Urdu literary figures.
- His Urdu language works include numerous poems and ghazals.Dr.
- Rizvi was born in 1937 in Gwalior, India and currently lives in the United States.
- He is a descendant of Fazl-e-Haq Khairabadi, a prominent Indian scholar and freedom fighter in the Indian Rebellion of 1857, and grandson of the renowned Urdu poet Muztar Khairabadi.Together with other contemporary Urdu poets, Dr.
- Rizvi has participated in international poetic recitations hosted by Urdu literary societies in the United States and India (at the Ghalib Institute in Delhi and the Urdu Academy in Bhopal).
- In 2014, Halqa-e-Arbab-e-Adab Press of Bhopal, India published two collections of Dr.
- Rizvi's Urdu poetry, "Chalte, Chalte" (On the Way) and "Khwab Zindagi Ke" (Life's Dream).Indian publisher Urdu Literary Circle released a third collection of Rizvi's Urdu poetry in March 2015, entitled "Muhabbaton Ka Safar" (Love's Journey).
- Noted Urdu scholar and literary critic, Professor Afaq Ahmed, arranged and edited the collection.
- On 2 April 2015, Professor Ahmed hosted a literary function at the historic Swaraj Bhavan mansion and museum to celebrate the publication.
- Guest of honor Dr.
- Mohammad Zaman Azurda, former Head of the Department of Urdu at Jammu University, introduced Rizvi's newest collection to the gathering of poets and literary scholars.
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