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Abbas Abdul Ali Vasi

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Abbas Abdul Ali Vasi

Pen Names: Mareez（Pen name used primarily for his ghazals and other poetry）

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1917-02-22 （Pathanwada, Surat, Gujarat, British India）
Died
1983-10-19 （Mumbai, Maharashtra, India） age 66
Nationality
Indian
Languages
Gujarati, Urdu, English
Religion
Dawoodi Bohra (Ismaili Shia)
Residence History
Surat → Mumbai (Bombay)

Career

Occupations
Poet, Journalist
Active Years
1932-1983
Influenced By
Ameen Azad (mentor), Mir Babar Ali Anis, Mirza Salaamat Ali Dabeer, Muhammad Iqbal
Influenced
Rajesh Vyas 'Miskin', Raeesh Maniar, Later Gujarati ghazal poets

Awards

Premanand Suvarna Chandrak
1984
Organization: Premanand award body
Result: 受賞（死後）
Felicitations by Mareez Sanman Samiti
1970
Organization: Mareez Sanman Samiti
Result: 表彰
Felicitations by Mareez Sanman Samiti
1981
Organization: Mareez Sanman Samiti
Result: 表彰

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Aagman

1975 Poetry collection (ghazals, nazm, muktak) 120 pages

First collection containing ghazals, nazm and muktak. Dedicated to Pravin Pandya; gathers many of his later poems.

lovelossmelancholyreligious devotion

Nakshaa

1984 Poetry collection (posthumous) 90 pages

Second collection published posthumously; contains unpublished poems and manuscripts.

remembrancesolitudespirituality

Dard

1966 Poetry collection (noted for authorship controversy) 60 pages

Collection reportedly written on commission under another's name; caused controversy and was withdrawn from sale.

sufferinglost love

Samagra Mareez

2012 Collected works (edited) 300 pages

Complete works published by his son and edited by Rajesh Vyas 'Miskin', compiling many dispersed poems.

ghazal traditionreligious themeshuman pain

Partial translation of Shikwa and Jawab-e-Shikwa

Translation (partial)

He partially translated Muhammad Iqbal's Shikwa and Jawab-e-Shikwa into Gujarati; not a complete translation.

religious questioningfaith and anguish

Bibliography

  • Aagman
  • Dard
  • Nakshaa
  • Samagra Mareez
  • Akidat (anthology contributions)
  • Mazloom-e-Karbala (unpublished)
  • Hurr (unpublished)

Adaptations

  • 'Mareez' — Play adapted from Raeesh Maniar's biography, directed by Manoj Shah

Translations by Author

  • Partial Gujarati translation of Muhammad Iqbal's 'Shikwa' and 'Jawab-e-Shikwa'

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Follows traditional ghazal formMelancholic and sentimental toneInterweaves religious/Islamic motifs
Recurring Motifs
illness (related to pen name)loss and solitudeKarbala and martyrdomlove and anguish

Health

  • Tuberculosis
    1964（入院約2ヶ月）
    Required hospitalization and affected his work and livelihood
  • Fractures from road accident and subsequent heart attack (cause of death)
    1983（10月に事故、同年10月に死亡）
    Hit by an auto rickshaw while crossing road; after surgery suffered a fatal heart attack.

Legacy

Mareez became increasingly popular after his death and is regarded as an important Gujarati ghazal poet, often called the 'Ghalib of Gujarat'. Many works dispersed during his lifetime were later compiled and re-evaluated.

Academic Societies

  • Gujarati Sahitya Parishad

Archives

  • Archives of Kumar magazine and regional periodicals
  • Family-held letters and manuscripts (used for Samagra edition)

In Popular Culture

  • Play 'Mareez' adapted from Raeesh Maniar's biography

Trivia

  • The pen name 'Mareez' literally means 'a sick man'.
  • Due to financial hardship he sometimes sold his creations and went uncredited.
  • His work gained greater recognition after his death.