Wahab Ashrafi

Syed Abdul Wahab Ashrafi (Urdu/Persian/Arabic: ; वहाब अशरफी) (2 June 1936 – 15 July 2012) was an Indian literary critic and an eminent personality in the world of Urdu literature. He belonged to the family of the Sufi saint Ashraf Jahangir Semnani.

Early life
Ashrafi spent his early life in Kako village in Jehanabad district, Bihar.

Awards

 * Sahitya Akademi Award for his book Tareekh-e-Adab-e-Urdu (Criticism) in 2007.
 * Bihar Urdu Academy Award.
 * Bharatiya Bhasha Parishad Award.

Education
Wahab Ashrafi received Ph.D. (Urdu), MA in Urdu (Gold Medalist), M.A in Persian (Gold Medalist), M.A (English), LLB.

He is an ex-Professor and Head-of-Department of the Dept of Urdu at Ranchi University. He is also an Ex-Professor in Department of Linguistic at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi.

He is ex-chairman, Bihar University Service Commission and ex-chairman, Bihar Intermediate Council, Patna. Vice–President of the progressive writer association, World.