Maryam ‘Gazala’, a poet and writer was born on 22nd March 1939 in a small town in Gujarat called Radhanpur and brought up in Mumbai. She passed away on 27th Sep 2011 in Mumbai.
She was highly qualified and had done her Masters in Psychology and English. She was also an M.Ed, D.P.Ed., and a Sahitya Ratna degree holder. She retired as an English and Psychology lecturer in 1998.
Her deepest passion was poetry and she wrote in Urdu, Hindi, Gujarati and English. She transcended formal rules of language and brought in the best of all the languages she wrote in. Her popularity in the literary circle translated into regular attendance at formal mushairas at both local and national levels and informal nashisht with peers.
Landmarks of her literary journey have been:
- Two ghazals being taught in the Std XIth Hindi curriculum all over Maharashtra
- Awarded the “Best poetry collection” by the Hindi Sahitya Academy, Gujarat for the anthology “Kshitij ki Dahliz Par”
- Poems being published in Urdu, Hindi and Gujarati publications like Shair, Kitab, Gujarat Samachar, Inquilab, Dhabak, Tamanna, Saraswati Suman etc.
Her anthologies of poems are:
- Raat ki Jeb Mein Chaand is a collection of select poems
- Baaz Gasht – Ghazals in Hindi featuring a long poem on the Environment and one on Mumbai, the city where she was brought up
- Aaina Shanasi – A collection of ghazals in Hindi that features a song, as she experiments with writing for a tune
- Khshitij ki Dahliz Par – Ghazals and free verse poetry in Hindi
- Kanch ki Chadar – A collection of ghazals and free verse poetry in Urdu
- Darpan ne Pele Paar – Ghazals and free verse poetry in Gujarati
- Shabnami Lamhe – A collection of ghazals and free verse poetry in Hindi
- Wajood ka Sehra – Ghazals in Hindi
- Alam-e-Khayal – Collection of ghazals. Features a poem on Free India and one titled Ek Aurat ki Kahani
- Aab Geene – Collection of Qatat also known as Muktaks which are inspired by Mirza Ghalib
- Akshar Kyari – Collection of ghazals in Gujarati
- Sapta Rangi Suman – Collection of ghazals in Hindi
- Dasht-e-Tamanna – Collection of ghazals in Hindi
- Barf ke Sholay – Collection of ghazals in Hindi
- Gazal Vatika – Collection of ghazals in Hindi
- Arbab-e-Sukhan – Collection of ghazals in Hindi
- Parkhi Ankhon – Translation of short stories from Urdu
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