Jameela Nishat (born 1955) is an Urdu poet,[1] editor, and feminist from Hyderabad, Telangana, India.[2]
Biography
Jameela Nishat was born in Hyderabad in a middle-class family. Her father, Syed Bin Mohammad, was a portrait artist. He was also a close friend of artist M F Hussain.[3]
She wrote in Kitab Numa, a journal published by Jamia Millia University in Delhi and in other poetry magazines.Template:Citation needed Her first book, Lava, a collection of poems, was published in 2000.Template:Citation needed Hoshang Merchant translated some of her poems from Lava and the translated poems were published by Sahitya Academy in 2008.[4] She has published three collections of poetry. Her work has also been featured in anthologies.[5][6]
SPARROW published a booklet on her life and work in 1999.[7] She is also one of the speakers at HLF - Hyderabad Literary Festival.[8][9]
She was one of the feminist poets at 100 Thousand Poets for Change Conference held from 3 June to 8 June 2015 in Salerno, Italy.[10]
In 2012, she founded the "Shaheen Collective - Shaheen's Women Resource and Welfare Association" to serve the cause of Muslim women.[11][12][13] The organization works for the welfare of women and elimination of domestic and social violence.[14][15]
Works
- Butterfly Caresses (Published by Patridge India, 2015), Radio interview on the book.
- Lams Ki Sawghat (Educational Publishing House, New Delhi,2006)
- Lamhey Ki Ankh (Published by Asmita Resource Centre for Women, Secunderabad, 2002)
- Lava (2000)
- Edited Inkeshaf, Anthology of Deccan Women Writers, Published by Asmita Resource Centre for Women, Secunderabad,2000).
Awards
- Maqdoom Award (1972) Template:Citation needed
- Devi Award by The New Indian Express (2015) [16]
References
- ↑ Women Writing in India, Volume II: 20th Century{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. The Feminist Press at The City University of New York, The Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10016(1991). ISBN 9781558610293
- ↑ Jameela Nishat - Her Profile. Poetry International Rotterdam, September, 2007. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
- ↑ Pioneer of Change. The Tribune - Tribune India.
- ↑ A universe of verse. The Hindu Newspaper.
- ↑ In Their Own Voice: Penguin Anthology of Contemporary Indian Women Poets - Arlene R. K. Zide, Pages, 166-167{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Penguin books India (p) ltd
- ↑ Storylines: Conversations with Women Writers, Pages, 233-237{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Women's World India and Asmita Resource Centre for Women, 2003
- ↑ Jameela Nishat A Poem Slumbers In My Heart. Sparrow, January, 1999.
- ↑ Hyderabad Literary Festival. Muse India. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
- ↑ HLF. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
- ↑ Alla Fondazione Alfonso Gatto di Salerno,Poesia senza bavaglio. succedeoggi.it.
- ↑ Be the change you want. The Hindu Newspaper.
- ↑ Asmitha Resource Center Observes Human Rights Day. New Indian Express, 11 December 2013.
- ↑ Journeys for Change - Alice Chou on Shaheen, bringing Muslim and Hindu women to empower themselves. Journeys for Change. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
- ↑ Members of NGOs Wep-Ushassu and Shaheen Resource Centre for Women take out rally on International Day of the Girl. Newswala, 11 October 2012. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
- ↑ Ms.Jameela Nishat - Shaheen Women's Resource and Welfare Association. Vanitha TV.
- ↑ Devi Award. The New Indian Express.