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Intikhab-e-Kalam : Parveen Shakir (Urdu)

By: Publication details: Pakistan; OUP; 2014Description: 24 Pages; PaperbackISBN:
  • 9780199400270
DDC classification:
  • 891.43
Summary: This is a representative selection of the poetry of Parveen Shakir, who came into the literary limelight after the publication of her first poetry collection Khushboo (1976), which won the Adamjee Literary Award. Along with Khushboo, her three further collections Sadbarg, Khudkalami and Inkaar were published together under the title Mah e Tamam during her lifetime. A further poetry collection Kaf e Aaina and selection of newspaper columns Gosha e Chashm were published posthumously. Since her untimely death, she is regarded as having been a very important modern Urdu language poet. She was awarded the "Pride of Performance", one of Pakistan's highest civilian awards for his outstanding contributions to Urdu literature.
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Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Book Adult and Young Adult 15-17 Karachi Urdu Poetry 891.43 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available PKLL000056
Book Adult and Young Adult 15-17 Lahore Urdu Poetry 891.43 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available PKLL000175
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This is a representative selection of the poetry of Parveen Shakir, who came into the literary limelight after the publication of her first poetry collection Khushboo (1976), which won the Adamjee Literary Award. Along with Khushboo, her three further collections Sadbarg, Khudkalami and Inkaar were published together under the title Mah e Tamam during her lifetime. A further poetry collection Kaf e Aaina and selection of newspaper columns Gosha e Chashm were published posthumously. Since her untimely death, she is regarded as having been a very important modern Urdu language poet. She was awarded the "Pride of Performance", one of Pakistan's highest civilian awards for his outstanding contributions to Urdu literature.

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