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The following is a List of Urdu-language poets 13th century. Poet Image Pen Name Era Work Amir Khusro (1253–1325) Tuhfat-us-Sigh Bande Nawaz (1321–1442) ...
Qazi Muhammad Shamshad Nabi Farooqi, better known by his pen-name Saqi Farooqi (Urdu: ساقی فاروقی), was a British-Pakistani poet who wrote in both Urdu and English. Best known for his modernist Urdu poetry , mostly ghazal's and nazm's , he has authored critical essays as well.
Like most of the Urdu poets, Azmi began as a ghazal writer, cramming his poetry with the repeated themes of love and romance in a style that was replete with clichés and metaphors. However, his association with the Progressive Writers' Movement and Communist Party made him embark on the path of socially conscious poetry. In his poetry, he ...
Shehzad Ahmed [1] (Urdu: شہزاد احمد 16 April 1932 – 2 August 2012; sometimes spelled Shahzad Ahmad), was a Pakistani Urdu poet, writer and director of Majlis-e-Taraqqi-e-Adab, an old-book library of Pakistan. Shehzad's poetry collection comprises about thirty books and several other publications on psychology.
Zehra Nigah (Urdu: زہرا نگاہ) is a prominent Urdu poet and scriptwriter from Pakistan, affectionately known as 'Zehra Apa'. [3] [4] [2] As one of the pioneers of Urdu poetry by women, Nigah was one of the first female poets to gain recognition in a male-dominated field.
He was frequently thought of as a melancholic poet, though most of his poetry is based on romantic happiness and hope. [4] Nasir Kazmi was influenced by the romantic poetry of Akhtar Sheerani and also took guidance in his poetry from the poet Hafeez Hoshiarpuri. He also had great admiration for the poetry of Mir Taqi Mir. [4]
He received an MA in Urdu from the University of Karachi and began working as a radio and television producer until 1967. [1] In 1974, his first book of poetry Chand Chehra Sitara Ankhhen was published. [1] He was senior producer at Karachi station Pakistan Television Corporation until he was forced to resign in 1978 following an edict against ...
He adopted Qateel Shifai as his pen name in 1938, under which he was known in the world of Urdu poetry. "Qateel" was his "takhallus" and "Shifai" was in honour of his ustaad (teacher) Hakeem Mohammed Yahya Shifa Khanpuri, whom he considered his mentor. [5] Due to his father's death in 1935, Qateel was forced to quit his higher education.