Akbar Ali (poet)

Akbar Ali (Kannada: ಅಕ್ಬರ್ ಅಲಿ; 3 March 1925 – 21 February 2016) was an Indian Kannada poet from Karnataka, India.

Akbar Ali
Born(1925-03-03)3 March 1925
Khanapur, Belgaum, Karnataka, India
Died21 February 2016(2016-02-21) (aged 90)
Kuvempunagar, Mysore, Karnataka, India
NationalityIndian
OccupationPoet

Life

Ali was born to Ameerbi and Appa Saheb from Ullagaddi village of Khanapur, Belgaum district.[1]

He was awarded the Sumana Saurabha - Karnataka State Sahitya Academy award in 1967 and 1984. In 1986, he became a Member of the Karnataka Vidhan Parishad (Legislative Council).[2][3][4]

Death

In February 2016, Ali died of thyroid cancer at his residence in Kuvempunagar. He is survived by three sons and three daughters.[1][5]

gollark: Probably money, if there's some sort of ridiculous conspiracy to make North Korea look bad.
gollark: I am *not*, since going around punishing for speech (except in rare cases of direct harm) is a very problematic and slippery slope.
gollark: If you give governments or whoever the power to go around getting rid of speech *you* don't like, they can happily proceed to do it to speech you like too.
gollark: If you can consider "saying the government is bad" harm you can consider "talking about some religion/participating in it" harm.
gollark: Some governments may not see it that way.

References
  1. Kumar, R. Krishna (22 February 2016). "Poet Akbar Ali dead". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  2. Datta, Amaresh (2006). The Encyclopaedia Of Indian Literature (Volume One - A To Devo). 1. Sahitya Akademi. p. 116. ISBN 978-81-260-1803-1.
  3. Dutt, Kartik Chandra (1999). Who's who of Indian Writers, 1999: A-M. Sahitya Akademi. pp. 28–29. ISBN 978-81-260-0873-5.
  4. "Poet Akbar Ali, Known for Limericks, Dies at 91". The New Indian Express. 22 February 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  5. "Poet Akbar Ali, Known for Limericks, Dies at 91". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 22 March 2020.



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