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| birth_place = [[Dehli]], India<br />
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| death_place = [[Aligarh]], India<br />
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| occupation = Writer, critic<br />
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'''Asloob Ahmad Ansari''' (1925 {{endash}} 1 May 2016) was an Indian writer, critic, former professor of English department of [[Aligarh Muslim University]] and editor of ''Naqd-o-Nazar'', [[Urdu]] magazine. He wrote in English and Urdu throughout his literary career. His work revolves around study of English and Urdu and research on [[Muhammad Iqbal]], [[Ghalib]] and [[Syed Ahmad Khan|Sir Syed Ahmad Khan]].<ref name="The Muslim Times 2016">{{cite web | title=India: Eminent Aligarh Professor Asloob Ahmad Ansari passed away | website=The Muslim Times | date=2016-05-07 | url=https://themuslimtimes.info/2016/05/07/india-eminent-aligrah-professor-asloob-ahmad-ansari-passed-away/ | access-date=2021-05-03}}</ref> He also wrote about [[William Blake]] and [[William Shakespeare]].<ref name="Siddiqui 2016" /><br />
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== Biography ==<br />
He was born in [[Delhi]] in 1925. He obtained his education from the [[University of Oxford]] and later started teaching Urdu and English at AMU and until he retired in 1985. His books such as ''Arrows of Intellect'', ''William Blake’s Minor Prophecies'', and ''Atraf-i Rashid Ahmad Siddiqui'' were published from Canada and the US in 1978 and 99 respectively.<ref name="Siddiqui 2016">{{cite web | last=Siddiqui | first=Mohammad Asim | title=The last of the tribe | website=The Hindu | date=2016-06-02 | url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/The-last-of-the-tribe/article14380427.ece | access-date=2021-05-03}}</ref><br />
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He was awarded [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] in 1980 for his literary criticism titled ''Iqbal Ki Terah Nazmen'',<ref name="India 2016">{{cite web | last=India | first=Press Trust of | title=Retired AMU professor dies after brief illness | website=India News, Breaking News &#124; India.com | date=2016-05-04 | url=https://www.india.com/news/india/retired-amu-professor-dies-after-brief-illness-1159269/ | access-date=2021-05-04}}</ref> the [[Pride of Performance]] and [[Ghalib Award]] and Mir Taqi Mir award in recognition of his contribution to [[Urdu literature]].<ref name="Siddiqui">{{cite web | last=Siddiqui | first=Mohammad Asim | title=Asloob Ahmad Ansari obituary | website=the Guardian | date=2016-07-07 | url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jul/07/asloob-ahmad-ansari-obituary | access-date=2021-05-03}}</ref> He was also awarded Bahadur Shah Zafar in recognition of his literary criticism work on Muhammad Iqbal.<ref name="Business Standard News">{{cite web | last=India | first=Press Trust of | title=Retired AMU professor dies after brief illness | website=Business Standard News | date=2016-05-04 | url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/retired-amu-professor-dies-after-brief-illness-116050400878_1.html | access-date=2021-05-04}}</ref><br />
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He died on 1 May 2016 in [[Aligarh]], India.<ref name="Rekhta 2016">{{cite web | title=Asloob Ahmad Ansari - Profile & Biography | website=Rekhta | date=2016-05-01 | url=https://www.rekhta.org/authors/asloob-ahmad-ansari/profile | access-date=2021-05-03}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
*[https://old.amu.ac.in/about3.jsp?did=5985 Asloob Ahmad Ansari] at [[Aligarh Muslim University]]<br />
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[[Category:Writers from Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century Indian male writers]]<br />
[[Category:Alumni of the University of Oxford]]<br />
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[[Category:Recipients of the Pride of Performance]]<br />
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