#urdupoetry

Waseem Barelvi

Zahid Hussain (born 8 February 1940), better known by the pen name Wasim Barelvi, is an Indian Urdu-language poet. He was born in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh. His ghazals, many sung by Jagjit Singh, are very popular He has been awarded with the “Firaq Gorakhpuri International Award”, the Kalidas gold medal (by the Haryana government, in recognition for his services in the field of Urdu poetry); the Begum Akhtar Kala Dharmi award; and the Naseem-e-Urdu award. Barelvi is Vice Chairman of…

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Ahmed Faraz

Syed Ahmad Shah better known by his pen name Ahmed Faraz, 12 January 1931 – 25 August 2008 Urdu poet & scriptwriter and chairman of Pakistan Academy of Letters. During his lifetime, he criticised military rule and was arrested for writing poems that criticised military rulers in Pakistan. . Subsequently, he went into self-imposed exile and stayed for 6 years in Britain, Canada, and Europe before returning to Pakistan His contribution to poetry and Urdu literature places him in the…

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