Noted poet Munawwar Rana, 71, died on Sunday. He took his final breath at Lucknow Hospital.
According to the media reviews, he was in poor health for the final a number of days and was being handled within the ICU ward of Sanjay Gandhi PGI, Lucknow.
Rana, an Urdu poet was honoured with the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2014 for his poem – ‘Shahdaba’. However, he returned the award alleging intolerance within the nation.
He additionally acquired Maati Ratan Samman from Shaheed Shodha Sansthan for his providers to Urdu literature in 2012.
Rana was born in Rae Bareli in Uttar Pradesh on on November 26, 1952, however he spent most of his life in Kolkata, West Bengal.
The poet was recognized for fantastically utilizing Hindi and Awadhi phrases avoiding Persian and Arabic in his poems which made his poetry accessible to Indian audiences.
