religion era notability nationality main_interests birth_date death_death works article_title name region
islam contemporary poet , critic and academic indian urdu ghazal 10 july 1930 yes 2013 02 07 '' urdu ghazal , ` urdu literary criticism ' syed amin ashraf
 syed amin ashraf india
syed amin ashraf

syed amin ashraf was a preeminent urdu ghazal poet and critic .
he earned his phd in english literature from aligarh muslim university and later served the same department .
he produced three poetic collections and a critical compendium of essays in the form of a book .
several academic awards were conferred on his poetic anthologies , and numerous critical articles and books praised his poetic artistry .
he died on 7 february 2013 -lrb- 25th rabiul awwal 1434h -rrb- in aligarh of a cardiac arrest , and was buried beside his father 's grave near the shrine of hazrat ashraf jahangir semnani at kichaucha sharif .
