Naheed, Kishwar (1940–)
Naheed, Kishwar (1940–)
Pakistani poet and journalist. Born 1940 in Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh, India; Punjab University, MA in Economics.
Family moved to Lahore, Pakistan, after Partition (1947); published poems in several anthologies; wrote daily column for Jang and edited literary magazine Mah-i naw; served as director general of Pakistan National Council of the Arts; works include Lab-i-goya (1968), Benam musafat (1971), Nazmen (1975), and Dasht-i qais men Lail'a (2001). Collection of poems translated into English by Baidar Bakht and Derek M. Cohen as The Price of Looking Back (1987).
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