Background
His father, Ehtashamuddin Haqqee, wrote short stories, a study of Hafez, Tarjuman-ul-Ghaib, a translation of Diwan-i-Hafiz in verse and compiled a dictionary.
His father, Ehtashamuddin Haqqee, wrote short stories, a study of Hafez, Tarjuman-ul-Ghaib, a translation of Diwan-i-Hafiz in verse and compiled a dictionary.
Aligarh Muslim University.
Born in Delhi, Haqqee acquired his Bachelor from Aligarh Muslim University. He obtained a Master"s in English literature from Saint Stephen"s College, Delhi. Haqqee recited his first ghazal at an annual poetic gathering of Saint Stephen"s College.
Haqqee published two anthologies of poems, Tar-i-Pairahan (1957) and Harf-i-Dilras (1979).
He also published ghazals under the title, Dil ki Zaban. His other publications include:
Naqd-o-Nigarish (a work of literary criticism)
Maqalaat-e-Mumtaz
Shaakhsaanay (Short Stories)
Maqam-e-Ghazal (edited work of Hafiz Hoshiarpuri)
Nashid-i-Hurriyat
Nukta-e-Raz
Bhagvad Gita (Urdu translation)
Darpan Darpan (translated poetry from various languages)
Qitaat-e-Tareekh-e-Wafat-e-Ahle-Qalam-wa-Mutaliqeen-e-Ahle-Qalam
Lisani Masail-o-Lataif
Nazr-e-Khusro Pahelian Keh Mukarniyan
Aaeena-e-Afkar-e-Ghalib
Nok Jhonk
Suhaanay Taraanay
Phool Khilay Hain Rung Birnagay
Anjaan Rahi (translation of Jack Shaffer"s novel Shane)
Teesri Duniya (translation of essays on politics and economy)
Khayabaan-e-Pak (anthology of Pakistan"s folk poetry of about 40 poets)
His autobiography was serialized in the Urdu journal Afkaar.
He also translated Shakespeare"s Antony and Cleopatra and Chanakya Kautilya"s Arthashastra. He also wrote other genres of poetry, such as Peheylian, Kehmukarnian, and Qitat-i-Tareekhi.
In addition to his regular professional duties, he remained associated with the Urdu Dictionary Board for 17 years from 1958 to 1975, compiling a 22-volume dictionary.
He compiled two other dictionaries. Farhang-e-Talaffuz is a pronouncing dictionary of Urdu published by the National Language Authority. The Oxford English-Urdu Dictionary is a translation of the eighth and ninth editions of the Concise Oxford English Dictionary.
In addition to libraries in South Asia, some of Haqqee"s books are found in the Library of Congress and the University of Toronto Library.
He died from complications of lung cancer in Mississauga, Canada while under his daughter"s care on 11 October 2005. He was 87.