Shafey Kidwai

Shafey Kidwai is a reputed scholar, well-known literary critic and columnist, and recipient of India's highest literary award, Sahitya Academy Award for Urdu (2019). He is also the recipient of the prestigious literary award Iqbal Samman (2017), Government of Madhya Pradesh and Amir Khusro Award (2018), UP Urdu Academy. Professor Kidwai has been teaching communication studies for more than 35 years at the Aligarh Muslim University, India. His fortnightly column on Urdu literature, culture and...See more

Shafey Kidwai is a reputed scholar, well-known literary critic and columnist, and recipient of India's highest literary award, Sahitya Academy Award for Urdu (2019). He is also the recipient of the prestigious literary award Iqbal Samman (2017), Government of Madhya Pradesh and Amir Khusro Award (2018), UP Urdu Academy. Professor Kidwai has been teaching communication studies for more than 35 years at the Aligarh Muslim University, India. His fortnightly column on Urdu literature, culture and media appears in the Friday Review, The Hindu , and his articles frequently appear in reputed Urdu journals and periodicals. He has published 13 books in Urdu and English, and his book Urdu Literature and Journalism: Critical Perspectives , published in 2014, has received wide critical acclaim. See less