Arjan Hasid

Arjan Hasid
Born
Arjan Jethanand Tanwani

(1930-01-07)7 January 1930
Karachi, British India
Died26 December 2019(2019-12-26) (aged 89)
Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
Pen nameArjan Hasid
OccupationPoet
LanguageSindhi
NationalityIndian
Alma materUniversity of Bombay
Notable awardsSahitya Akademi Award (1985)
Sahitya Akademi fellowship (2013)
Spouse
Parpati
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(m. 1947; died 2016)​

Arjan Tanwani (7 January 1930 ― 26 December 2019), popularly known by his pen name Arjan Hasid, was an Indian Sindhi language poet who had authored seven collections of poems and ghazals. He won the Sahitya Akademi Award in Sindhi in 1985 for his collection of ghazals Mero Siji (1984) and was conferred with the Sahitya Akademi fellowship in 2013, the highest honour of the Sahitya Akademi.

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