Athar Aziz was born on 25 June, 1944 in Cuttack in the state of Odisha. After getting his early education in Muzaffarnagar, he acquired his bachelor’s degree in science. He worked in Allahabad, Delhi, and Bhubaneswar before settling in Mumbai and working for the well-known daily Inquilab, in addition to pursuing his job as a publisher. He published a poetry collection entitled Sood-o-Ziyaan.
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