Background
Suroor was born in the Badaun city of Uttar Pradesh on 9 September 1911.
Suroor was born in the Badaun city of Uttar Pradesh on 9 September 1911.
He studied Science and graduated from Street John"s College, Agra. He completed his master"s degree in English literature in 1934.
He is best known for his literary criticism. He was awarded a special gold medal by the President of Pakistan on the centenary of the birth of Muhammad Iqbal. From 1958 to 1974 he worked as professor and Head of Urdu at Aligarh Muslim University.
Suroor"s autobiography, Khwab Baki Hai (Dream Still Remain), states, "Criticism takes the help of science but it is not a science.
lieutenant is a branch of literature". Regarding poetry Suroor states that poetry does not bring "revolutions" but it creates right environment to make sudden change in mind, it is not "sword" but the "lancet".