Yadgar-e-Ghalib
| Author | Altaf Hussain Hali |
|---|---|
| Original title | يادگار غالب |
| Language | Urdu |
| Subject | Ghalib |
| Genre | Biography |
Publication date | 1897 |
| Publication place | British India |
| OCLC | 21969593 |
Yadgar-e-Ghalib (English: In Memory of Ghalib), also spelled Yadgare Ghalib or Yadgar-i-Ghalib, is an 1897 biography of Urdu poet Ghalib, written by his disciple and writer/poet Altaf Hussain Hali (1837–1914). It is considered to be the first authentic work on Ghalib's life, personality, poetry and prose.
Background
[edit]Hali was a disciple of Ghalib. He was deeply affected by Ghalib's death in 1869, writing a sensitive elegy on Ghalib.[1] Friends pressed him to compile a biography of Ghalib. However his preoccupation with other works prevented him from undertaking this work early and the biography ultimately published in 1897.[2]
Contents
[edit]In the first part of the book, covering about a hundred pages, Hali has given whatever he could gather as regards the life of Ghalib. In the second part of the book, Hali has evaluated Ghalib as an author, as a poet of Urdu and Persian and as a prose writer.[3]
Hali's general approach to Ghalib's poetry and personality borders on defence, glossing over the poet's personal shortcomings and providing relief by a perceptive analysis and interpretation of his poems.[4]
Reception
[edit]Universally regarded as a classic,[5] Yadgar-e-Ghalib is considered to be the first authentic work on Ghalib's life, personality, poetry and prose.[4]
References
[edit]Citations
[edit]Sources
[edit]- George, K. M., ed. (1997). Masterpieces of Indian Literature. Vol. 3. New Delhi: National Book Trust. p. 2084. ISBN 978-81-237-1978-8.
- Ram, Malik (1997) [1982]. Hali. Makers of Indian Literature (reprinted ed.). New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi. pp. 34–35. ISBN 81-260-0324-3.
External links
[edit]- Yadgar-e-Ghalib at Columbia University (Urdu)
- Yadgar-e-Ghalib at Google Books (English translation)