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Parveen Shakir (1952-1994) has defined the sensibilities of several generations and beyond. At the relatively young age of 42 years, Parveen Shakir died on an empty Islamabad boulevard, as if this was an essential part of her romantic persona. But she had lived a full life where poetry and tragedy intersected each other and became inseparable from her being.
As a young student in high school, I was introduced to Shakir’s romantic poetry, which was best represented by her first collection of poetry Khushbu. I had won an essay writing competition in Urdu and a delightful award came in the form of this tender volume of poetry. Since then I have always returned to bits and pieces of Khushbu . It may not be great according to the cannons of literary theory, but it is spontaneous, fresh and almost dreamlike. Shakir was barely 24 years old when Khushbu was published and since its first edition, this book has been a best seller wherever Urdu poetry is read or appreciated.
Khushbu turned Shakir into a celebrity. Aside from mushairas, newspapers and public fora, she was ever-present
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Parvin Shakir was a poet of new and fresh expression who subtly emoted the feelings of women about men. Her poetry is neither the sighing and lamenting traditional poetry nor openly romantic poetry. The intensity of emotion and its simple yet artistic expression is the characteristic of Parveen Shakir's poetry. Her poetry is the manifestation of the struggle of union and separation, where neither of the two, reaches fruition. Parvin’s sincerity, exquisiteness, and purity of expression helped her achieve a distinguished position in women’s Urdu poetry. According to Gopi Chand Narang, the scenario of new poetry is incomplete without Parveen Shakir's sigil.
Commenting on Parvin Shakir's poetry, her mentor Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi said that Parveen's poetry was the spread of this couplet of Ghalib, ‘phuu.nkaa hai kis ne gosh-e-mohabbat me.n ai KHudaa, afsuun-e-intizaar tamannaa kahe.n jise’. He explains that the longing, that is the spell of waiting, taught from Homer to Ghalib, the best of poetry, to beat in the human heart, and Parvin Shakir with this spell made U
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Parveen Shakir
Pakistani poet (1952–1994)
Parveen ShakirPP (pronounced[ˈpəɾʋiːnʃɑːkɪɾ]; 24 November 1952 – 26 December 1994) was a Pakistani poet and civil servant of the government of Pakistan. She is best known for her poems, which brought a distinctive feminine voice to Urdu literature.[1]
Since her death in a road accident at a young age, the "Parveen Shakir Urdu Literature Festival" has been held every year in Islamabad in her memoriam.[2]
Early life and education
Shakir was born on 24 November 1952 in Karachi, Pakistan.[3] Her father Shakir Hussain Saqib, also a poet, was from Laheriasarai in the Darbhanga district of Bihar and had migrated to Karachi after the partition of India.[4]
She received two undergraduate degrees, one in English literature and the other in linguistics (from Sir Syed Government Girls College), and obtained MA degrees in the same subjects from the University of Karachi. She also held a PhD, and another MA degree in Bank Administration.[5]
In 1982, Shakir qualif
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