Fateh Mohammad Malik

Fateh Mohammad Malik
Native name
فتح محمد ملک
Born1936 (age 87–88)
Village Tehi, Talagang, Punjab Province, British India[1]
(now in Talagang District, Pakistan)
OccupationCritic and scholar
LanguageUrdu, English
Alma materGordon College
Notable worksIqbal's reconstruction of Muslim political thought
Iqbal Inspired Humour: A Note on Parodies by Selected Urdu Poets
Saadat Hassan Manto ek nai taabeer
Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi shair aur afsana nigar[1]
Notable awardsSitara-i-Imtiaz (Star of Excellence) Award by the President of Pakistan in 2006[1][2]
ChildrenTariq Malik Professor Adeel Malik

Fateh Mohammad Malik, (Urdu: فتح محمد ملک ALA-LC: born 1936)[1] in Talagang is a Pakistani literary critic, linguist and a scholar.[3] He has authored several books including an essay "Iqbal Inspired Humour: A Note on Parodies by Selected Urdu Poets" published in Of Clowns and Gods, Brahmans and Babus - Humour in South Asian Literatures.[1][4]

Iqbal had a key influence on him and he wrote at least six books on him including his book Iqbal's reconstruction of Muslim political thought published by University of Leicester, England.[1] His major work while working for National Language Authority was a five-volume book on the origin of Urdu as a language.[1]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "The nation's intellectual decline is distressing — Prof Fateh Mohammed Malik". Dawn (newspaper). 12 February 2009. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  2. ^ Fateh Mommad Malik's Sitara-i-Imtiaz award in 2006 on Dawn newspaper website Retrieved 1 November 2022
  3. ^ Prof Fateh Mohammad Malik: Life and Works by Muhammad Hameed Shahid, 2008 (Pakistani Adab Ke Memar series)
  4. ^ Heidelberg South Asian Studies Christina Oesterheld and Claus Peter Zoller, eds., Of Clowns and Gods, Brahmans and Babus - Humour in South Asian Literatures (University of Heidelberg, 1999).