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About Shamim Hanfi
- Shamim Hanfi (born 17 November 1938) is an Urdu critic, dramatist and a proponent of modernist movement in Urdu literature.
- His books on modernism include Jadidiyet ki falsafiyana asaas and Nai sheri rawayet.
- Both the books have been published together under the title Jadeediyet aur Nai Shairi. Hanfi presently resides in New Delhi and serves as patron to many literary societies and organisations like Ghalib Academy, Anjuman Taraqqi Urdu Hind, Ghalib Institute and Rekhta.
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