Akhlaq Mohammed Khan, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Akhlaq Mohammed Khan

Indian academic and writer

Date of Birth: 16-Jun-1936

Place of Birth: Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India

Date of Death: 13-Feb-2012

Profession: poet, author, songwriter, lyricist, academic

Nationality: India

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Akhlaq Mohammad Khan 'Shahryar' (16 June 1936 – 13 February 2012), was an Indian academician, and a doyen of Urdu poetry in India.
As a Hindi film lyricist, he is best known for his lyrics in Gaman (1978) and Umrao Jaan (1981) directed by Muzaffar Ali.
He retired as the head of Urdu Department at the Aligarh Muslim University, and thereafter he remained sought after name in mushairas or poetic gatherings, and also co-edited the literary magazine Sher-o-Hikmat.He was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award in Urdu for Khwab Ka Dar Band Hai (1987), and in 2008 he won the Jnanpith Award, the highest literary award and only the fourth Urdu poet to win the award.
He has been widely acknowledged as the finest exponent of modern Urdu poetry.