Karamat Ali Karamat

Doctor, Professor

Karamat Ali Karamat
BornKaramat Ali
23 September 1936
Odia Bazar, Cuttack, Orissa Province, British India
Died5 August 2022(2022-08-05) (aged 85)
Cuttack, Odisha, India
OccupationPoet, literary critic, writer, translator, and mathematician
LanguageUrdu, Odia, and English
NationalityIndian
CitizenshipBritish India
India
EducationB.Sc
M.Sc
Ph.D
Alma materRavenshaw Collegiate School
Ravenshaw College
Sambalpur University
Years active1953–2022
Notable works
  • Aab e Khizar
  • Lafzon Ka Aakāsh
  • Izāfi Tanqīd
Notable awardsSahitya Akademi Translation Prize for Urdu (2004)
Spouse
Zubaida Ali
(m. 1959; died 2020)

Karamat Ali Karamat (1936–2022) was an Indian Urdu poet, author, literary critic, and mathematician. Karamat is known for collecting and introducing Odisha's Urdu literature to the Urdu-speaking world. His works include Aab e Khizar (1963), Shu'aon Ki Salīb (1972), Izāfi Tanqīd (1977), Lafzon Kā Aasmān (1984), and Lafzon Kā Ākāsh (2000). Karamat received the 2004 Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize for his Urdu translation, Lafzon Kā Ākāsh.