{{Short description|Gujarati poet (1950–2021)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2018}} {{Use Indian English|date=July 2018}} {{Infobox writer <!--For more information, see :Template:Infobox Writer/doc.--> | name = Rashid Meer | image = Poet Rashid Meer (Cropped).jpg | caption = Meer at Atma Auditorium, Ahmedabad on 6 November 2016 | pseudonym = | birth_name = Rashid Kamaluddin Meer | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1950|6|1}} | birth_place = Thasra, Padal, Kheda, Bombay State, India | death_date ={{death date and age|df=yes|2021|5|11|1950|6|1}} | occupation = poet, critic, editor, researcher | death_place = Vadodara, Gujarat, India | language = Gujarati | nationality = Indian | ethnicity = | citizenship = | education = * Master of Arts * Ph.D | alma_mater = Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda | period = postmodern Gujarati literature | genre = ghazal | subjects = love and spirituality | movement = | notableworks = * ''Gujarati Ghazal Ni Saundarya Mimansha'' | spouse = | children = | relatives = | awards = Shayda Award (2003) | signature = Poet Rashid Meer Autograph.svg | years_active = 1968 - 2021 | module = {{Infobox academic | child = yes | doctoral_advisor = Lovekumar Desai | thesis_title = Aesthetics of Gujarati gazal after 1942 | thesis_url= http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/59105 }} }} '''Rashid Meer''' (1 June 1950 – 11 May 2021) was a Gujarati ghazal poet, critic, editor, and researcher from India.<ref name="gs">{{cite encyclopedia|year=1990|title=Meer Rashid Kamaluddin|encyclopedia=Gujarati Sahitya Kosh (Encyclopedia of Gujarati literature|publisher=Gujarati Sahitya Parishad|location=Ahmedabad|volume=2}}</ref>
He was a founder editor of ''Dhabak'', a Gujarati ghazal poetry journal. He received his Ph.D. His significant works include ''Saat Suka Pandada'' (1993), ''Ghazal Nu Pariprekshya'' (1995), ''Thes'' (1998), and ''Adhakhula Dhwar'' (1999). The Indian National Theater, Mumbai, conferred the Shayda Award (2003) on him for his contributions to Gujarati ghazal poetry.<ref name= "rm">{{cite book |last=Sharma |first=Radheshyam |date=2014 |title=Saksharno Sakshatkar (Question-based Interviews with biographical literary sketches |location= Ahmedabad |publisher=Rannade Prakashan |page=390 }}</ref>
== Biography == Meer was born in Thasra, a village in Padal of Kheda district, to Kamaluddin Meer and Halima Meer. He completed his S.S.C. in 1968 from Sharada Mandir High School, Menpura. He completed a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1973 at Arts and Commerce College, Balasinor, and a Master of Arts in 1975 from C. B. Patel Arts College, Nadiad with Gujarati literature as one of his subjects. He completed his B. Ed. in 1980 from the Faculty of Education, Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda and obtained his Ph.D.{{when|date=July 2016}} for his dissertation, ''Gujarati Ghazal Ni Saundarya Mimansa'' from the same university.<ref name= "gs"/>
He died of COVID-19 on 11 May 2021 at Vadodara.<ref name="Divya Bhaskar 2021">{{cite news|title=દુખદ: જાણીતા ગઝલકાર ડો.રશીદ મીરનું કોરોના બાદ નિધન|newspaper=Divya Bhaskar|date=12 May 2021|url=https://www.divyabhaskar.co.in/local/gujarat/vadodara/news/well-known-ghazal-singer-dr-rashid-mir-passed-away-after-korona-128484655.html|language=gu|access-date=12 May 2021|archive-date=12 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210512082609/https://www.divyabhaskar.co.in/local/gujarat/vadodara/news/well-known-ghazal-singer-dr-rashid-mir-passed-away-after-korona-128484655.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
== Career == Meer started his career as a teacher at M.E.H Girls High School, Vadodara. He started his writing career in 1968 with influences of Ghalib, Faiz, Jigar Moradabadi and Kalidasa. In the same year, his ghazal came out for first time in Gujarati magazine ''Jay Jay''. He served as an administrator of Muslim Educational Society, Vadodara and wrote column ''Gulchhadi'' in ''Gujarat Samachar'' on every Tuesday. He was a founder editor of Gujarati ghazal poetry journal ''Dhabak'' in 1991.<ref name= "gs"/><ref name= "rm"/>
== Works == His first ghazal anthology, ''Thes'', was published in 1985, followed by ''Chitkaar'' (1987), ''Saat Suka Pandada'' (1993), ''Khali Hathno Vaibhav'' (1996), ''Adhakhula Dhwar'' (1999), ''Rubaru'' (2002) and ''Laapata ni Shodh'' (2010).<ref>{{cite book |title=Sandhyadeep |editor1=Dinesh Dongre 'Nadan' |editor2=Ashok Jani 'Aanand' |year=2018 |publisher=Rannade Prakashan |location=Ahmedabad |page=1 |isbn=978-93-86685-56-8}}</ref>
=== Criticism === His criticism of ghazal poetry includes; * ''Gujarati Ghazalni Saundarya Mimansa'' (1990; Ph.D. theses) * ''Ghazal Nu Paripreksha'' (1995) * ''Aapna Ghazalsarjako'' (1996) * ''Ghazal Vivaksha'' (2000) * ''Ghazal Vilokana'' (2001) * ''Ghazal Lok'' (2008) * ''Jigar Muradabadi'' (2002) * ''Faiz Ahmed Faiz'' (2005) * ''Ghazal Vanchana'' (2015)
=== Compilation === * ''Ghazal Nu Shil Ane Saundarya'' (1988) * ''Ghazals From Gujarati'' (English translation of selected Gujarati ghazals; 1996) * ''Ghazal Vimarsh'' (1998) * ''Suralay'' (2001) * ''Diwan-e-Patil'' (Unpublished works of Patil; 2003) * ''Gulchhadi'' Vol. 1 (2010) <ref name= "rm"/>
==See also== * List of Gujarati-language writers
==References== {{reflist}} {{Authority control}}
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