Shafey Kidwai
Bilingual critic, scholar and communication expert
Shafey Kidwai (born 8 April 1960) is an Indian academic, bilingual critic, translator, columnist, and author, who has been conferred with highest literary award in Urdu literature in India, the Sahitya Akademi Award for Urdu. He is a professor in the Department of Mass Communication at Aligarh Muslim University and has written twelve books in English and Urdu.
Prof. Shafey Kidwai, also served as the dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences at Aligarh Muslim University (from June 26, 2024). He presently is the director of the Sir Syed Academy.
He studied at Lucknow and Varanasi and lives in Aligarh with his wife Shaista Faridi, son Shaghil Kidwai and his elder son Sharif Kidwai is an engineer at Apple Inc and settled in the United States . He is a grandson of famous author and scholar Maulana Abdul Majid Daryabadi. He regularly participates in seminars and literary festivals. He is a member of the General Council of Sahitya Academy and National Council for the promotion of Urdu. He was the convener of Bhasha Samiti(Urdu)Saraswati Samman and Bhartiya Jnanpith.
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