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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 16 January 2025. Pakistani Saraiki poet (born c. 1953) Dr. Shakir Shuja Abadi شاکر شجاع آبادی Born 1953 or 1954 Shujabad, Pakistan Known for Saraiki poetry Spouse Shabnam Shakir Awards Honorary doctoral degree (Ph.D) Award by the Islamia University Bahawalpur in 2023 Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Star of ...
Shafiq-ur-Rahman (Urdu: شفیق الرحمن) (9 November 1920 – 19 March 2000) was a Pakistani humorist and short-story writer of Urdu language. [1] [2] He was one of the most illustrious writers of the Urdu-speaking world. Like Mark Twain and Stephen Leacock, [3] he has given enduring pleasure to his readers.
Mushtaq Ahmad Yusufi (Urdu: مُشتاق احمد يُوسُفی – Muštāq Ẹḥmad Yoūsufi, 4 September 1923 – 20 June 2018) [2] was a Pakistani Urdu satirist and humourist. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Yousufi also served as the head of several national and international governmental and financial institutions. [ 4 ]
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)
Ustad Imam Din Gujrati (15 April 1870 - 22 February 1954) was a Pakistani humorous poet of Urdu and Punjabi language. [1]Imam Din Gujarati was born on April 15, 1870, in Gujrat, Pakistan British India (now Pakistan).
Apne Yaad Mein, an autobiographical satire, Urdu ke sheher urdu ke log, [4] Behar hal, [5] Safar lakht lakht [6] and Mera Column [7] are some of his notable works. The account of his life has been published as a book by Educational Publishing House, New Delhi, titled Mujtaba hussain jaisa dekha jaisa paya , [ 8 ] and they have also published ...
Mirza Ghalib is considered one of the leading literary authority on Urdu poetry. [3] He lived in Delhi [4] and died in 1869. The literal meaning of shayar (shaa'ir) is poet. [5] There are more than 30 types of Urdu poetry, also known as shayari. Examples of shayari are ghazal, sher, nazm, marsiya, qita and many more. [6]
Urdu literature (Urdu: ادبیاتِ اُردُو, “Adbiyāt-i Urdū”) comprises the literary works, written in the Urdu language.While it tends to be dominated by poetry, especially the verse forms of the ghazal (غزل) and nazm (نظم), it has expanded into other styles of writing, including that of the short story, or afsana (افسانہ).