After Parveen Shakir: Poems
Parveen Shakir is widely considered to be the greatest Urdu female poet. She was born in Karachi – Pakistan on 24 November 1952 and started writing both prose and poetry at an early age, contributing columns to newspapers and articles to English dailies. Shakir published five books of poetry to great acclaim, the first being Khushbu [Fragrance] (1976), followed by Sad Barg [Marsh Marigold] (1980), Khud Kalami [Soliloquy], Inkar [Denial] (1990), and Kaf e Aina [The Mirror's Edge] besides a collection of her newspaper columns entitled Gosha e Chashm [The Sight Corner]. She died in a car accident on 26 December 1994 while on her way to work, when her car collided with a bus. After Parveen Shakir is the first substantial selection of Shakir's work translated into English.
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