Zarina Sani

Zarina Sani (1936–1982) (Urdu: زرىنو سانی) was a renowned Indian Urdu poetess, writer and researcher.

Early life
Sani was born in Nagpur, Maharashtra. She obtained Master of Arts degrees in Urdu and Persian, and a Ph.D.

Career
Sani was a lecturer in L.A.D. College, Nagpur.

She is known for her Ph.D. thesis on the poetical works of Seemab Akbarabadi titled Seemab kii nazamiya shayarii,. and her critical appraisal of the life and works of Mehr Lal Soni Zia Fatehabadi titled Budha Darakhat. Her other books are Urdu shayarii kii Hindustani rooh and Safdar Aah bahasiat shair. Sani co-authored Aaina-e-Ghazal, an Urdu-Hindi-Marathi-English glossary of Urdu words commonly used in Urdu ghazals, with English and Hindi equivalents.

Her book Urdu Shairi Mein Hindustaniyat stands prescribed as a reference book for the Paper VII C (optional)- Dakniyat of M.A. course of the University of Mumbai. A Google Books search reveals that her name also figures in the book titled - Indian poetesses: past and present, published by the Ministry of Education, Social Welfare and Culture, Govt. of India, in 1976, and also in the book titled - Islamic studies in India: a survey..., on p.67 referring to her research work on Seemab Akbarabadi.