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His poetry has been translated into numerous languages including Hindi, Gujarati, English, Russian and Chinese. On Qateel Shifai's 11th death anniversary in 2012, in an interview to a major newspaper, a prominent literary figure Dr Salahuddin Darvesh said, "Shifai was one of those great poets of 20th century who had gained international ...
Saghar Siddiqui was born in 1928 in Ambala (British India) to a well-to-do middle-class family. [1] [3] There are few historic records of Saghar's personal life.He rarely spoke to any one in this regard and most of what is known of him tends to be from witness accounts.
Urdu poetry (Urdu: اُردُو شاعرى Urdū šāʿirī) is a tradition of poetry and has many different forms. Today, it is an important part of the culture of India and Pakistan . According to Naseer Turabi, there are five major poets of Urdu: Mir Taqi Mir (d. 1810), Mirza Ghalib (d. 1869), Mir Anees (d. 1874), Muhammad Iqbal (d. 1938 ...
Parveen Shakir PP (pronounced [ˈpəɾʋiːn ʃɑːkɪɾ]; 24 November 1952 – 26 December 1994) was a Pakistani poet and civil servant of the government of Pakistan.She is best known for her poems, which brought a distinctive feminine voice to Urdu literature.
Syed Hussain Sibt-e-Asghar Naqvi, [2] [a] commonly known by his pen name Jaun Elia, [b] 14 December 1931 – 8 November 2002), was a Pakistani poet.One of the most prominent modern Urdu poets of ghazals (odes), popular for his unconventional ways, he "acquired knowledge of philosophy, logic, Islamic history, the Muslim Sufi tradition, Muslim religious sciences, Western literature, and Kabbala ...
Shakeb Jalali or Shakeeb Jalali (Urdu: شکیب جلالی), born Syed Hassan Rizvi (1 October 1934 – 12 November 1966), was a Pakistani Urdu poet, considered one of the distinguished Urdu poets of the post-Independence era. [1] Shakeb was born on 1 October 1934 in Jalal, a small village near Aligarh. His ancestors were from a small town ...
Ghulam Hamdani Mushafi, the poet first believed to have coined the name "Urdu" around 1780 AD for a language that went by a multiplicity of names before his time. [1] Mirza Muhammad Rafi, Sauda (1713–1780) Siraj Aurangabadi, Siraj (1715–1763) Mohammad Meer Soz Dehlvi, Soz (1720-1799) Khwaja Mir Dard, Dard (1721–1785)
Mahirul Qadri (Urdu ماہر القادری) whose real name was Manzoor Hussain, was a writer, poet, and novelist. He was born in village Kesar Kalan Tahsil Debai on 30 July 1906, in Bulandshahar district of Uttar Pradesh India. [1] [2] He studied at Aligarh Muslim University. In 1947 he migrated to Karachi Pakistan.