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{{Infobox writer <!-- for more information see [[:Template:Infobox writer/doc]] --><br />
| name = Adil Mansuri<br />
| image = Adil Mansuri.jpg<br />
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| caption = Mansuri at Ahmedabad, 2005<br />
| pseudonym = <br />
| birth_name = Farid Mohammed Ghulam Nabi Mansoori<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1936|05|18}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Ahmedabad]], [[Gujarat]]<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2008|11|06|1936|05|18}}<br />
| death_place = [[New Jersey]], United States<br />
| occupation = Poet, Playwright, Calligrapher, Artist<br />
| nationality = Indian<br />
| period = <br />
| genre = [[Ghazal]]<br />
| subject = <br />
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| influences = <br />
| awards =<br />
* [[Vali Gujarati Award]] - 2008<br />
* [[Kalapi Award]] - 1998<br />
| signature = <br />
| website = {{URL|http://www.adilmansuri.com}}<br />
}}<br />
'''Adil Farid Mohammed Ghulam Nabi Mansoori''' (18 May 1936 – 6 November 2008) was an Indian poet, playwright, and calligrapher, primarily responsible for the development of modern Gujarati [[ghazal]] poetry and play. He wrote in several languages, namely, Gujarati, Hindi, and Urdu.<ref name=AGSI/><br />
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==Life==<br />
Adil Mansuri was born in [[Ahmedabad]] on 18 May 1936. He completed his primary education from Premchand Raichand Training College, Ahmedabad. He completed his secondary education from J. L. New English School, Ahmedabad and Metropolitan Highschool, [[Karachi]]. He completed [[matriculation]]. He tried his hand on several businesses. He worked at his fathers cloth shop in Karachi and later at business of cotton and clothes in Ahmedabad. He also worked as journalist with English ''Topic'' and Gujarati ''Angana'' magazines. He was copywriter of advertising agency Shilpi in 1972. He left India and moved to United States.<ref name="Internet Archive 2014">{{cite web |title = સવિશેષ પરિચય: આદિલ મન્સૂરી, ગુજરાતી સાહિત્ય પરિષદ - Adil Mansuri, Gujarati Sahitya Parishad|date = 6 January 2014|url = http://www.gujaratisahityaparishad.com/prakashan/sarjako/savishesh/Savishesh-Adil-Mansuri.html|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20140106040555/http://www.gujaratisahityaparishad.com/prakashan/sarjako/savishesh/Savishesh-Adil-Mansuri.html|archivedate = 2014-01-06|language = gu|accessdate = 9 July 2015}}</ref> He died in [[New Jersey]], US on 6 November 2008.<ref name=AGSI>{{cite book|title=અર્વાચીન ગુજરાતી સાહિત્યનો ઈતિહાસ - આધુનિક અને અનુઆધુનિક યુગ (History of Modern Gujarati Literature – Modern and Postmodern Era)|first=Prasad|last=Brahmabhatt |publisher=Parshwa Publication|location=Ahmedabad|year=2010|pages=91–94|language=gu|isbn=978-93-5108-247-7}}</ref><br />
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==Works==<br />
He was interested in experimental forms of [[ghazal]]. ''Valank'' (1963), ''Pagarav'' (1966), ''Satat'' (1970), ''New York Naame Gam'', ''Male Na Male'' (1996, 2006), ''Gazalna Aynagharma'' (2003) are his ghazal collections. Though he wrote poetry in several other forms, he is chiefly known for his ghazals. His ghazals are influenced by Urdu ghazals. He wrote ghazals in Gujarati, Hindi and Urdu with free use of words of one language in other.<ref name="Internet Archive 2014"/><ref name=AGSI/><br />
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''Haath Pag Bandhayela Chhe'' (1970) and ''Je Nathi Te'' (1973) are collections of his [[absurd theatre|absurd]] [[one-act play]]s.<ref name="Internet Archive 2014"/><ref name=AGSI/><br />
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He was also a painter. In 1972, his art exhibitions were held in Ahmedabad and Mumbai.<ref name=AGSI/><br />
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==Awards==<br />
He received the [[Vali Gujarati Award]] in 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-11-07/ahmedabad/27907834_1_gujarati-language-world-gujarati-conference-vali-gujarati-award|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016083622/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-11-07/ahmedabad/27907834_1_gujarati-language-world-gujarati-conference-vali-gujarati-award|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 October 2013|work=[[The Times of India]]|title=World Gujarati Conference - Vali Gujarati Award|date=7 November 2008}}</ref> He received [[Kalapi Award]] in 1998.<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[List of Gujarati-language writers]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
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