Munawwar Rana (Urdu: منور رانا, Hindi: मुनव्वर राना) (born 26 November 1952) is an Indian modern Urdu poet born in Raebareli, Uttar Pradesh, India. Nationality - Indian Occupation - Urdu Poet Writer Awards Sahitya Akademi Award for Urdu Literature (2014) Munawwar Rana was born in Raebareli in Uttar Pradesh in 1952, but spent most of his life in Kolkata. He uses Hindi and Awadhi words and avoids Persian and Arabic. This makes his poetry accessible to Indian audiences and explains his success in p