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Agra: Madhya Pradesh government has conferred its prestigious literary award ‘Iqbal Samman’ to AMU professor Shafey Kidwai, a well-known bilingual critic and scholar. Kidwai is presently working as a professor in the department of mass communication.A cash reward of Rs 2 lakh has been given to professor Kidwai in recognition of his contributions in promotion of Urdu literature. He has published 12 books in English and Urdu.His book ‘Urdu literature and Journalism: Critical Perspective’ has been published by the Cambridge University Press, New Delhi. His Urdu book ‘Sawanah Sir Syed’ blazed a new trail in Sir Syed studies as it corrected several inaccuracies contained in ‘Hayat-e-Javed’.Prof Kidwai's seminal work ‘Sir Syed: A life in Reason’ is being published by the Oxford University Press with a foreword by historian professor Irfan Habib..