Fateh Mohammad Malik
Fateh Muhammad Malik فتح محمد ملک | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1936[1] Talagang Tehsil (now in Chakwal District), Attock District, British Raj[1] |
| Occupation | Critic and scholar |
| Language | Urdu, English |
| Nationality | Pakistani |
| Alma mater | Government School, Talagang Government College, Attock Gordon College, Rawalpindi (Master's degree)[1] |
| Notable works | Iqbal's reconstruction of Muslim political thought Iqbal Inspired Humour: A Note on Parodies by Selected Urdu Poets Saadat Hassan Manto ek nai taabeer Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi shair aur afsana nigar Faiz shairi aur siyasat Fitnaie-Inkaar-i-Pakistan Khitaah-i-Khak ya Arz-i-Paak Ghulamon ki Ghulami[1] |
| Notable awards | Sitara-i-Imtiaz in 2006[1][2] |
Fateh Muhammad Malik, (Urdu: فتح محمد ملک ALA-LC: born 1936) is a Pakistani literary critic, linguist and a scholar.[3] He has authored several books including an essay "Iqbal Inspired Humour: A Note on Parodies by Selected Urdu Poets" published in Of Clowns and Gods, Brahmans and Babus - Humour in South Asian Literatures.[1][4]
Iqbal had a key influence on him and he wrote at least six books on him including his book Iqbal's reconstruction of Muslim political thought published by University of Leicester, England.[1] His major work while working for National Language Authority was a five-volume book on the origin of Urdu as a language.[1]
Career
Malik is the chairman of the National Language Authority. He served as Rector of the International Islamic University, Islamabad until 2012 when he was sacked by then President Zardari under pressureof from the Saudi government. Before being sacked from his post, he criticized Saudi Arabia's practices as uncivilized and anti-women during a seminar.[5]
He also served this university as a dean of the faculty of languages, literature and humanities.[1]
Before starting his career in Pakistan, he taught at Columbia University of New York City, Heidelberg University and Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany, and Saint Petersburg University of Russia for ten years.[1]
Awards and recognition
- Sitara-i-Imtiaz Award (Star of Excellence) by the President of Pakistan in 2006[2]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "The nation`s intellectual decline is distressing — Prof Fateh Mohammed Malik". Dawn. 12 February 2009. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ^ a b Fateh Muhammad Malik's Sitara-i-Imtiaz award in 2006 on Dawn newspaper website, Retrieved 25 May 2017
- ^ Prof Fateh Muhammad Malik: Life and Works by Muhammad Hameed Shahid, 2008 (Pakistani Adab Ke Memar series)
- ^ Heidelberg South Asian Studies(Christina Oesterheld and Claus Peter Zoller, eds., Of Clowns and Gods, Brahmans and Babus - Humour in South Asian Literatures (University of Heidelberg, 1999).
- ^ "'Saudi pressure' forced Zardari to sack IIUI rector". The Express Tribune. 16 November 2015. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
