Karamat Ali Karamat

Doctor, Professor
Karamat Ali Karamat
Born
Karamat Ali

23 September 1936
Odia Bazar, Cuttack, Orissa Province, British India
Died5 August 2022(2022-08-05) (aged 85)
Cuttack, Odisha, India
CitizenshipBritish India
India
EducationB.Sc
M.Sc
Ph.D
Alma materRavenshaw Collegiate School
Ravenshaw College
Sambalpur University
OccupationsPoet, literary critic, writer, translator, and mathematician
Years active1953–2022
Notable work
  • Aab e Khizar
  • Lafzon Ka Aakāsh
  • Izāfi Tanqīd
Spouse
Zubaida Ali
(m. 1959; died 2020)
ParentRahmat Ali Rahmat (father)
AwardsSahitya Akademi Translation Prize for Urdu (2004)
Scientific career
FieldsProbability theory
ThesisSome Properties of Random Equations (1978)
Doctoral advisorMahendra Nath Mishra

Karamat Ali Karamat (1936–2022) was an Indian Urdu poet, author, literary critic, and mathematician. Karamat is known for collecting and introducing Odisha's Urdu literature to the Urdu-speaking world. His works include Aab e Khizar (1963), Shu'aon Ki Salīb (1972), Izāfi Tanqīd (1977), Lafzon Kā Aasmān (1984), and Lafzon Kā Ākāsh (2000). Karamat received the 2004 Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize for his Urdu translation, Lafzon Kā Ākāsh.