About this title: '[Ghalib] was regarded as one of the greatest Urdu (and Persian) poets ...I can think of no translator better able than Ralph Russell to turn such a writer into English. The [book] shows Ghalib as a remarkable personality, with more of a sense of humour than most poets have been gifted with.' -- V G Kiernan, Emeritus Professor of Modern History, University of Edinburgh 'Ralph Russell...published several books on Urdu literature...The most widely circulating Urdu journal in the world, Fung, gave him the title Baba-e-Urdu--the Grand Old Man of Urdu.' -- Khushwant Singh Mirza Asadullah Khan ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: OUP India
Date Published: 23/08/2007
ISBN-13:9780195692389ISBN:0195692381
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Description: Brand New in Brand New jacket. Condition: NEW ~ Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib (1797-1869), noble, poet, and wit of nineteenth-century Delhi, is the most famous and popular of the Urdu poets that the Indian subcontinent has produced. His life spans the years of the twilight of the Mughals, the revolt of 1857 and the terrible aftermath. This complete Ghalib anthology comprises poetry and prose translated from both Persian and Urdu, biographical details and provides a context within which modern ... read more
Description: Brand New in Brand New jacket. Condition: NEW ~ Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib (1797-1869), noble, poet, and wit of nineteenth century Delhi, is the most famous and popular of the Urdu poets that the Indian subcontinent has produced. His life spans the years of the twilight of the Mughals, the Revolt of 1857 and the terrible aftermath. This complete Ghalib anthology comprises poetry and prose translated from both Persian and Urdu, biographical details and provides a context within which modern ... read more
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