Sir Muhammad Iqbal is commonly known as Allama Iqbal. He was born on the 9th of November 1877, and passed away on 21st April 1938. He was a poet, a philosopher
and a politician who influenced the Pakistan Movement. King George V knighted
him, giving him the title of ‘Sir’. His famous works are Asrar-e-Khudi,
Rumuz-e-Bekhudi, Payam-e-Mashriq, Zabur-e-Ajam, and Javed Nama.
Faiz Ahmad Faiz was born on the 13th of February 1911 and passed away on
the 20th of November 1984.He was an influential and revolutionary
poet, who was nominated four times for the Nobel Prize for literature. He was a
notable member of the Progressive Writers' Movement (PWM), and was awarded with
MBE in 1946, the Nigar Awards in 1953, the Lenin Peace Prize in 1963, Nishan-e-Imtiaz in 1990 and the Avicenna Prize in 2006. His
famous works are Naqsh-e-Faryadi, Dast-e-Sabah and Zindan-nama.
Parveen Shahkir was born on
the 24th of November 1952 and passed away on the 26th ofDecember 1994. She was a poet and a teacher, who published her first volume of
poetry, Khushbu (Fragrance) in 1976. She continued to write poetry, and the
following volumes have been compiled to form Mah-e-Tamam [Full Moon] with the
exception of Kaf-e-Aina. Parveen Shahkir was awarded with the Pride of
Performance, for her contributions to Pakistani literature.
Abu Al-Asar was born on the 14th of January 1900 and passed away on the 21st of December 1982. He was
an Urdu poet who wrote the lyrics for the National Anthem of Pakistan. His
other famous works are Shahnama-e-Islam and the Hymn of Kashmir. He received the Pride of Performance Award and
Hilal-e-Imtiaz.
5. Zehra Nigah
Zehra Nigah is an Urdu poet and scriptwriter from Pakistan who was born on the 14th of May 1937. She has written several
television serials, including Pinjar. Zehra has published only two volumes of
poetry, Shaam ka Pehla Taara (The First Star of the Evening) and Waraq (Page).
She was also honored with the Pride of Performance award.
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