Mareez

Mareez

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Mareez Profile

  • Name:
  • Mareez
  • Other Name:
  • Abbas Abdulali Vasi
  • Born:
  • February 22, 1917
  • Died:
  • October 19, 1983
  • Born / Home Town:
  • Surat

Mareez Biography

Abbas Abdulali Vasi, better known by his pen name Mareez was a Gujarati poet, mainly popular for his Ghazals written in Gujarati language. He is fondly addressed as Ghalib of Gujarat. Many of his works remained uncredited which he sold during his financial difficulties. Sadly his popularity escalated only after his death, and currently regarded as one of the greatest Gujarati writers for ghazal writing. He was awarded Premanand Suvarna Chandrak posthumously in 1984. He was a contemporary to Harji Lavji Damani and his son-in-law Barkat Virani, who also earned fame and recognition through Gujarati ghazals. His complete works titled Samagra Mareez, was published by his son in 2012.

 

Abbas Abdulali Vasi was born on 22 February 1917 in Surat, Gujarat. Abdulali and Amatulla Vasi were his parents. His father worked as a school teacher, and he had 10 siblings. He lost his mother when he was young. He was not interested in studies and didn’t even complete his primary education. Later his father sent him to Mumbai in search of a job. Abbas was interested in Marsiyas, religious poems, and he used to listen to them, whenever his elder sister recites them. He wrote his first poem at the age of 14. Later he used to go to Zhapa Bazar in Surat, where people gathered and recited ghazals.

 

His meeting with Ameen Azad was a major turning point of his life, and Abbas acknowledged him as his mentor and guru. Ameen also gave him the name, Mareez. Later Abbas authored works using this penname, which literally mean "a sick man”. He wrote some Nazm and many Gazals. He sold many of them due to financial issues, and he even didn’t get the credit. His first collection of Gazals, Nazm and Muktak, titled Aagman was published in 1975. He partially translated Urdu poetry, Siqva Jawab E Siqva by Iqbal in Gujarati. Nakshaa, Mareez : Astitva Ane Vyaktitva, Mazloom-e-Karbala and Hurr are a few more works.

Published: October 04, 2018

Updated: October 04, 2018

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