Yadgar-e-Ghalib
AuthorAltaf Hussain Hali
Original titleيادگار غالب
CountryBritish India
LanguageUrdu
SubjectGhalib
GenreBiography
Publication date
1897
OCLC21969593

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 fellow writer and disciple Altaf Hussain Hali (1837–1914). It is considered to be the first authentic work on Ghalib's life, personality, poetry and prose.

Background

Hali was the 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

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

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

Citations

  1. ↑ Ram 1997, p. 34.
  2. ↑ Ram 1997, p. 61.
  3. ↑ Ram 1997, p. 62.
  4. 1 2 George 1997, p. 2084.
  5. ↑ Kumar, Kuldeep (6 Jan 2017). "Breaking the language barrier". The Hindu. Retrieved 7 Oct 2021.

Sources

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