Munawwar Rana is a writer of Urdu language . He was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2014 for Shahdaba , a poem composed by him. He lives in Lucknow.

During the partition of India-Pakistan, many of his close relatives and family members left the country and went to Pakistan . But despite the communal tension, Munawwar Rana's father considered it his duty to stay in his country. Munawar Rana's early education took place in Calcutta (new name Kolkata). Apart from Ghazals, Rana has also written memoirs. The popularity of his writings can be gauged from the fact that his works have been translated into languages ​​other than Urdu.

Works

More than a dozen books of Munawwar Rana have been published so far, the main ones being:

mother 
Ghazal Village
peepal shade
Badan Sarai
neem flowers
all for him
home alone
Say from district Elahi
house without map
Kabir again
new season flowers

Awards and honors

Amir Khusro Award 2006, Etawah
Kabir Award for Poetry 2006, Indore
Mir Taqi Mir Award 2005
Shahud Alam Afqui Award 2005, Kolkata
Ghalib Award 2005, Udaipur
Dr. Zakir Hussain Award 2005, New Delhi
Saraswati Samaj Award 2004
Maulana Abdur Razzaq Malihabadi Award 2001 (West Bengal Urdu Academy)
Salim Jafri Award 1997
Dilkush Award 1995
Raees Amrohavi Award 1993, Rae Bareli
Bharti Parishad Award, Allahabad
Humayun Kabir Award, Kolkata
Bajme Sukhan Award, Bhusaval
Allahabad Press Club Award, Prayag
Hazrat Almas Shah Award
Saraswati Samaj Award 2004
adb award 2004
Mir Award
Maulana Abul Hasan Nadvi Award
Ustad Bismillah Khan Award
Kabir Samman