Nurul Ain Lari

Nurul Ain Lari, also known by his pen name Ahmar Lari, was a writer, poet and educationist of Urdu literature. He was a former head of the Department of Urdu, Gorakhpur University, India.

Early life and career

He was born on 1 July 1932 in Lar, Uttar Pradesh. He wrote numerous books, articles and poetry in Urdu. He had written his thesis on Maulana Hasrat Mohani and was conferred Ph D Degree by Gorakhpur University. His scholarly work on Hasrat Mohani related to Urdu poetry and criticism yielded a book: Hasrat Mohani: Hayat Aur Karname in 1973. This piece of work on Mohani seemed important because it has found a place in others' work as reported elsewhere. Among others he won an award by the Uttar Pradesh Urdu Academy in 2002.

Death

Ahmar Lari died on 17 March 2011 in his hometown Gorakhpur.