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Iftikhar Arif

Pakistani poet and litterateur (born )

Iftikhar Hussain Arif[a] (born 21 March ) is a Pakistani poet and litterateur of Urdu. His main theme is romantic Urdu poetry and he has headed the Pakistan Academy of Letters and the National Language Authority.[1][2]

Arif has received the Nishan-e-Imtiaz, Hilal-e-Imtiaz, Sitara-e-Imtiaz, and Presidential Pride of Performance awards, the highest literary awards given by the Government of Pakistan.[3]

Early life and career

Iftikhar Arif was born on 21 March and attended the University of Lucknow, then studied journalism at New York University.[4] He then migrated to Karachi, Pakistan, where he was a newscaster for Radio Pakistan.[4] He then joined the Pakistan Television Corporation (Karachi Center) where he teamed up with Obaidullah Baig for the PTV program Kasauti.[1]

He spent the next thirteen years in England, until , working for Urdu Markaz there.[5]

Achievements

Arif has published three poetry collections: Mehr-i-Doneem (), Harf-i-Baryab ()[5][1][6] and Jahan-e-Maloom.

Oxford University Press has published an anthology of his translated poetry, Written in the Season of Fear, with an introduction by Harris Khalique, a poet who writes in English, Urdu and Punjabi.[7]

Awards

Bibliography

  • Mehr-i-Doneem ()[5]
  • Harf-i-Baryab ()
  • Jahan-e-Maloom ()[5]
  • Shehr-e-Ilm ke derwazay per ()
  • Written in the Season of Fear (English translation)
  • The Twelfth Man (translation of Barhwan Khilari by Brenda Walker, )
  • Kitab-e-Dil-o-Dunya ()[5]
  • Modern Poetry of Pakistan ()[10]

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