Kalim Ajiz

Kalim Ahmed Ajiz (1920 – 14 February 2015 ) was an Indian writer of Urdu literature and a poet. He was an academic and the chairman of the Urdu Advisory Committee of the Government of Bihar. He served the Urdu language all his life and was widely considered a classical poet of the school of poet Mir Taqi Mir. He received the Padma Shri award in literature and education by the Government of India in 1989.

Awards and recognition He was a recipient of the fourth highest Indian civilian honour of Padma Shri from the Government of India in 1989. His doctoral thesis, Evolution of Urdu Literature in Bihar,

Aajiz continued his association with Patna University by joining the institution as a member of its Urdu language faculty. and retired as a professor of the department. After retirement, he was appointed as the Chairman of the Urdu Advisory Committee, Government of Bihar, a post he held till his death.

Publications Kalim Ajiz was an author of more than a dozen books of poetry, prose, essays, travelogue and autobiography. Abhī sun lo mujh se Daftar-i gum gashtah : Bihār men̲ Urdū shāʻirī kā irtiqā Dil se jo bāta nikalī g̲h̲azal ho gayi (selection of poetry in Hindi)/ edited by Mohd. Zakir Hussain, Vani Prakashan Publisher, New Delhi; 1st edition (1 January 2014) Jab faṣl-i bahārān̲ āʼī thī (When the spring arrived) (1976)