Hasan Askari (writer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Hasan Askari (writer)

writer, Critic, Short story writer, translator

Date of Birth: 05-Nov-1919

Place of Birth: Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India

Date of Death: 18-Jan-1978

Profession: translator, literary critic, philosopher, linguist

Nationality: Pakistan

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About Hasan Askari (writer)

  • For the Pakistani defence analyst, see Hasan Askari Rizvi. Muhammad Hasan Askari (Urdu: ???? ???? ??????) (1919 – 18 January 1978) was a Pakistani scholar, literary critic, writer and linguist of modern Urdu language.
  • Initially "Westernized", he translated western literary, philosophical and metaphysical work into Urdu, notably classics of American, English, French and Russian literature.
  • But in his later years, through personal experiences, geopolitical changes and the influence of authors like René Guénon, and traditional scholars of India towards more latter part of his life, like Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanwi, he became a notable critic of the West and proponent of Islamic culture and ideology.

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