Shahnaz Fatmi شہناز فاطمى शहनाज फातमी | |
---|---|
Born | Shekhpura, Munger, Bihar, India | 5 January 1949
Pen name | Fatmi |
Occupation | Poet, writer |
Nationality | Indian |
Genre | Ghazal, Shayari, Nazm, writer, Feminism |
Subject | Feminism |
Prof Dr Shahnaz Fatmi (Urdu: شہناز فاطمى; Hindi: शहनाज फातमी; born Shahnaz Bano on 5 January 1949), is an Indian Hindi and Urdu language poet and writer. She used her takhallus (pen names) of Fatmi (Urdu: فاطمى; Hindi: फातमी). She is the daughter of Syed Sultan Ahmed (Behzad Fatmi) and is from Shekhpura Village, District Munger (Bihar), India. She was daughter of Urdu poet Syed Sultan Ahmed and granddaughter of poet Khan Bahadur Syed Ali Mohammad Shad Azimabadi[1] and worked as Deputy Collector for Bihar Civil Service.