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Pakistani literature (Urdu: ادبیاتِ پاکستان) is a distinct literature that gradually came to be defined after Pakistan gained nationhood status in 1947, emerging out of literary traditions of the South Asia. [ 1 ] The shared tradition of Urdu literature and English literature of British India was inherited by the new state.
Pakistani English literature refers to English literature that has been developed and evolved in Pakistan, as well as by members of the Pakistani diaspora who write in the English language. English is one of the official languages of Pakistan (the other being Urdu) and has a history going back to the British colonial rule in South Asia (the ...
e. Faiz Ahmad Faiz MBE NI (Punjabi, Persian: فیض احمد فیض, Urdu: فیض احمد فیض pronounced [fɛːz ɛɦ.məd̪ fɛːz]; 13 February 1911 – 20 November 1984) [2] was a Pakistani poet and author of Punjabi and Urdu literature. Faiz was one of the most celebrated, popular, and influential Urdu writers of his time, and his works ...
Muhammad Iqbal. Sir Muhammad Iqbal (9 November 1877 – 21 April 1938) was a South Asian Islamic philosopher, poet and politician. [1][2][3][4] His poetry is considered to be among the greatest of the 20th century, [5][6][7][8] and his vision of a cultural and political ideal for the Muslims of British-ruled India [9] is widely regarded as ...
Bulleh Shah. Sayyid Abdullāh Shāh Qādrī[ a ] (Punjabi pronunciation: [sə'jəd əbdʊ'laːɦ ʃaːɦ qaːdɾiː]; 1680–1757), known popularly as Baba Bulleh Shah[ b ] and Bulleya, was a Punjabi revolutionary philosopher, reformer and a Sufi poet of the 17th and 18th centuries, universally regarded as the "Father of Punjabi Enlightenment".
Khursheed Kamal Aziz was born on 11 December 1927 to Abdul Aziz, a barrister and a historian in his own right. He was born in a town called Ballamabad, Chiniot, Punjab, British India. [1][2] He received his early education from M.B. High School in Batala, Punjab and then went to first Forman Christian College and finally to Government College ...
Alamgir Hashmi. Alamgir Hashmi ( Urdu: عالمگیر ہاشمی ), also known as Aurangzeb Alamgir Hashmi (born 15 November 1951), is an English language poet and writer of Pakistani origin. [ 1] Considered avant-garde, his early and later works were published to considerable critical acclaim. He is widely published in the United Kingdom ...
This is a List of Pakistani writers, writers of fiction and nonfiction who are native to, or born in Pakistan, writing in any language. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.