Aftab Iqbal Shamim
Born16 February 1933
Jhelum, British India
Occupation(s)Professor of English/Urdu literature
Poet
Known forUrdu language poetry
AwardsPride of Performance Award by the President of Pakistan in 2006

Aftab Iqbal Shamim (Urdu: آفتاب اقبال شمیم ; born 16 February 1933 in Jhelum, Pakistan) is an Urdu language poet and an educator from Pakistan.[1][2]

Career

Aftab Iqbal was born in Jhelum, Pakistan in 1933.[3][1] Aftab Iqbal Shamim had served as a professor of English literature and language for 33 years at Government Gordon College, Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Meanwhile, he also taught Urdu language and literature to Chinese students at Beijing University for 12 years.[1][4] His Chinese students have and had served in various high positions such as ambassadors, cultural secretaries, counsellors and high government officials in China and Pakistan.

He started writing Urdu poetry at a very early stage of his life. His poetry has been published with continuity in reputed literary magazines over the years. He has given a new trend to the Urdu poetry. He wrote poetry that was published in literary magazines like Adabi Dunya and Funoon.[1]

Awards and recognition

Selected poems

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Zahid Rabbani (31 March 2014). "Tete-a-tete: Nothing carry 'resistance' like a poem does". The Express Tribune (newspaper). Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  2. ^ a b c Ahmad, Abrar. "Dilemmas of a modern man". The News On Sunday (newspaper). Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  3. ^ a b c d e Iftikhar Arif and Waqas Khwaja (4 January 2011). Modern Poetry of Pakistan. Deep Vellum. ISBN 9781564786692. Retrieved 20 November 2022 – via Google Books website.
  4. ^ "An evening with Aftab Iqbal Shamim". Dawn (newspaper). 30 April 2013. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  5. ^ "President confers 192 civilian awards". Dawn (newspaper). Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
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