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Urdu is a Central_Indo-Aryan_languages#Central_Zone_.28Madhya_or_Hindi.29 Indo-Aryan languages of the Indo-Iranian languages, belonging to the Indo-European languages family of languages.... language writers:
Abdul Halim Sharar was an essayist and historian of Lucknow. His book "Guzishta Lucknow" is a rich source of information on the genesis of the city and its culture....
Syed Abul A'ala Maududi , also known as Molana or Shaikh Syed Abul A'ala Mawdudi, was a Sunni Pakistani journalist, theology, Muslim Revivalist Leader and political philosopher, and a major 20th century Islamist thinker....
Syed Agha Sadiq Hussien Naqvi was a prolific writer and poetry, based in Quetta, Pakistan, from 1943 till his death in July 1977.He was born in Jalandhar, the Punjab , in 1909 as the Son of Syed Khair Ali Shah and grandson of Syed Ahmed Ali Shah from one the great houses of area....
Ahmed Faraz was considered one of the greatest modern Urdu poets of the last century. Faraz is his pseudonym 'takhallus', whereas his real name is Syed Ahmad Shah....
Ahmad Hussain Mujahid belongs to once beautiful city of Balakot , the city which has totly been razed to ground on 8th of October, 2005 in a devastating earthquake .He was born on 23rd of March ,1961....
Syed Ali Jawad Zaidi is a much feted Urdu poet, scholar and author of over 80 books in many languages.He was also a freedom fighter, lawyer & later bureaucrat, however he is primarily known as one of the most prominent figures in Urdu Literature.... (1916 - 2004)
Anwar Maqsood Hameedi commonly known as Anwar Maqsood or Anwer Maqsood is one of Pakistan's most famous celebrities with over 35 years in the entertainment industry....
Asif Noorani is a Pakistani newspaper and television writer.He migrated with his parents to from India to Pakistan in 1950. He obtained his Masters in English Literature in 1965 from the University of Karachi....
Ashfaq Hussain , full name is Ashfaq Hussain Zaidi. He is a leading modern Urdu poet and an author of more than 10 books of poetry and literary criticism....
Dr. Aslam Farrukhi, Pride of Performance, is a noted Urdu author, critic, poet, linguistics, scholar and Presenter of Pakistan. He is also known for children's writings....
Dr. Attash Durrani is a Linguist, Scholar, Terminologist, Translatologist, Educationist, Theorist and Pakistani Author, currently serving as Project Director, Center of Excellence for Urdu Informatics, National Language Authority, Pakistan..He is author of 136 books and 266 papers of English and Urdu.....
Bano QudsiaSitara-e-Imtiaz is a writer, intellectual, playwright and spiritualist from Pakistan who is regarded among the best Urdu novelists and short story writers of modern times....
Bushra Farrukh , is a Pakistani poet. She was born in Peshawar, NWFP, Pakistan, on February 16, 1957. She is one of the few well-known female Urdu poets of Pakistan....
Fahmida Riaz is a well known Urdu writer, poet, and feminist of Pakistan. She is author of Godaavari, Khatt-e Marmuz' and 'Khana e Aab O Gil - the first translation of the Masnavi of Maulana Jalaluddin Rumi into Urdu....
Faiz Ahmed Faiz , was a Pakistani poet considered to be one of the most famous modern Urdu poets. He was born in Sialkot, in the Punjab during British Raj ....
Syed Dildar Ali commonly known as Prof. Dr. Farman Fatehpuri, Sitara-e-Imtiaz, is the eminent Urdu linguistics, researcher, writer, critic and scholar of Pakistan....
Fateh Muhammad Malik is a Pakistani literary critic, chairman of the Pakistani National Language Authority. He is author of the essay "Iqbal Inspired Humour: A Note on Parodies by Selected Urdu Poets" published in Of Clowns and Gods, Brahmans and Babus - Humour in South Asian Literatures , 1999....
Fatima Surayya Bajia, Pride of Performance, is a renowned Urdu novelist, playwright and drama writer of Pakistan. She has been awarded various awards at home and abroad including Japan's highest civil award in recognition of her works....
Prof. Nisar Ahmed Faruqi, was born at Amroha a small town in North India's Uttar Pradesh on 29th June 1934. His father's name was Tasleem Ahmed Faruqi....
Ghazi Salahuddin is an intellectual, England writer, Columnist and mass media expert from Pakistan. He teamed up with Obaidullah Baig and won renown for the famous Pakistan Television Corporation quiz show of the 1990s, Kasouti....
Ghulam Abbas was a short story writer. He wrote in the Urdu language. He was born in 1909 in Amritsar, India and died in 1982 in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan....
Ghulam Muhammad Qasir was born in Paharpur, NWFP, Dera Ismail Khan District, NWFP, Pakistan, on September 4, 1944. He is considered to be one of the finest modern poets from Pakistan....
Prof. Dr. Ghulam Mustafa Khan, Ph.D., Doctor of Letters, Sitara-i-Imtiaz, was a researcher, critic, linguistics, author, scholar of Urdu literature & linguistics, educationist and religious & Spirituality leader of Pakistan....
Muhammad Hasan Askari was one of the most respected name among scholars, critics, writers and linguists of modern Urdu. He was an important voice within the modernist movement....
Ibn-e-Insha was an eminent Pakistani Leftist Urdu poet, humorist, Travelogue writer and Columnist. Along with his poetry, he was regarded one of the best humorists of Urdu....
Ihsan Danish , was a prominent Urdu poet from Pakistan. His life marked the struggle of person who didn?t have more than a primary level of education, who worked as ordinary laborer for years in odd jobs, and finally became a poet of excellence....
Intizar Hussain, Sitara-e-Imtiaz, is eminent living Urdu fiction writer. He was born on December 21, 1923 in Dibai, Bulandshahr district India but migrated to Pakistan in 1947....
Ismat Chughtai #endnote1 was an eminent Indian Urdu writer, known for her indomitable spirit and a fierce feministic views. She was considered the grand dame of Urdu fiction, as one of the four pillars of modern Urdu short story, the other three being Saadat Hasan Manto, Krishan Chander, and Rajinder Singh Bedi....
Muhammad Jameel Khan commonly known as Prof. Dr. Jameel Jalibi Ph.D., Doctor of Letters, Sitara-e-Imtiaz, Hilal-e-Imtiaz, is a noted linguistics, critic, writer, researcher, educationist and scholar of Urdu literature and linguistics from Pakistan....
Nawabzada Mirza Jamiluddin Ahmed Khan better known as Jamiluddin Aali , Pride of Performance, Hilal-e-Imtiaz, is a noted Urdu poet, critic, playwright, essayist, columnist, and scholar of Pakistan....
Jaun Elia was a notable Pakistani Urdu poet, philosopher, biographer and scholar. He was widely praised for his unique style of writing. He was the brother of renowned journalist and psychoanalyst Rais Amrohvi and journalist and world-renowned philosopher Syed Muhammad Taqi, and husband of famous columnist Zahida Hina....
Josh Malihabadi was a noted Urdu poet born in British raj, who was an Indian citizen until 1958, when he emigrated to Pakistan and became a Pakistani citizen....
M.Kamran Saqi is one of the senior Journalists from Pakistan.He is working for IRA News and Royal News Channel.Coordinator Peace Group Of Journalist....
Shawkat Ali Khan, pen-name Khan Shein Kunwar is a short story writer from Kolkata, India, who has written hundreds of short stories on different current topics regularly published in various newspapers and magazines throughout the country....
Khakan Sajid is a famous Urdu short story writer from Pakistan. He was born on February 15, 1965 at Wah, a small town near Capital of Islamabad,where his father Mirza Muhammad Saleem was appointed Railways Station Master....
Khwaja Ahmad Abbas , popularly known as K. A. Abbas, was an Indian film directors, novelist, screenwriter, and a journalist in the Urdu, Hindi and English languages....
Professor Dr Khurshid Rizvi is amongst the prominent Urdu poets, researchers, & men of letters in Pakistan. His publications include:*1. Shakh-e-Tanha ...
Krishan Chander was an Urdu and Hindi afsaana nigaar, or short story writer. His full name was Krishan Chander Sharma, and he was a Kashmiri Brahmin by ethnic ancestry - however, he became a committed Communist in his youth, as many radical Indian writers & poets were in pre-partition India, and subsequently never used his caste name : S...
Majeed Amjad was one of the greatest of modern Urdu Urdu poetry of the Indian subcontinent. In the popular culture he is not as well known or widely read as Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Noon Meem Rashid, Nasir Kazmi or Meeraji but amongst the cognoscenti and many critics he is widely regarded as a philosophical poet of great depth and sensitivity....
Maulana Wahiduddin Khan, popularly known as Islam?s spiritual ambassador to the world, has been internationally recognized for his contributions to world peace, having received, among others, the Demiurgus Peace International Award, under the patronage of the former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev; the Padma Bhushan, India's third highest...
Maulvi Abdul Haq scholar and linguist, who is also regarded as Baba-e-Urdu . He was a champion of the Urdu language and the demand for it to be made the national language of Pakistan....
Mir Amman was an employee of Fort William College at Calcutta, variously also known as Mir Amman of Delhi, Mir Amman of Dilhi, Mir Amman Dihlavi, and Meer Ummun....
Khwaja Mir Dard is one of the three major poets of the Delhi School—the other two being Mir Taqi Mir and 'Sauda'—who could be called the pillars of the classical Urdu ghazal....
Khuda-e-SukhanMir Taqi Mir , whose original name was Mohammed Taqi and Pen name was Mir , was the leading Urdu poetry of the eighteenth century, and one of the pioneers who gave shape to the Urdu language itself....
Dabeer-ul-Mulk, Najm-ud-daulahMirza Asadullah Baig Khan , pen-name Ghalib and Asad , was a great classical Urdu and Persian language poet of India ....
Mirza Muhammad Hadi Ruswa was a renowned Urdu poet and writer of fiction, plays, and treatises . He remained on the Nizam of Awadh's advisory board on language matters for years.... (1957-1931)
Mirza Muhammad Rafi 'Sauda was one of the best known poets of Urdu language. He is known for his Ghazals and Urdu Qasidas. His birth year has not been confirmed and in some publications, it is listed as 1712....
Mohinder Pratap 'Chand is a well known Urdu writer and poet of India. He has contributed a lot towards the promotion of Urdu language and literature in India....
Nawab Mohsin-ul-Mulk was a prominent Muslim politician. He was involved in the Aligarh Movement and was one of the founders of the All India Muslim League....
Moinuddin Aqeel is an author, critic and linguistics being an outstanding scholar of Urdu literature and Linguistics from Pakistan, who served the University of Karachi as Professor and Chairman of Urdu department....
Momin Khan was an Indian poet famous for his Urdu ghazals and used "Momin" as his takhallus . He was born in Deli. He was also called "Hakeem Khan" because he was a physician also....
Life Muhammad Husain Azad was an Urdu writer, who is regarded as the best Urdu prose writer. He wrote prose as well as poetry but he is mostly remembered for his prose....
Maulana Muhammad Ilyas Kandhelvi was the founder of the Islamic revivalist movement Tablighi Jamaat. Born in 1885 to a family of religious scholars, his early education was completed at home....
Allama Sir Muhammad Iqbal was a Muslim poet, philosopher and politician born in Sialkot, British raj , whose poetry in Urdu language, Arabic and Persian language is considered to be among the greatest of the modern era, and whose vision of an independent state for the Muslims of British India was to inspire the creation of Pakistan....
Colonel Muhammad Khan Urdu: ???? ???? ??? was a Pakistani Army veteran, humorist and writer. He also served in the Indian Army of the undivided British India and was a veteran of World War II....
Mukhtar Masood, Sitara-i-Imtiaz, is an outstanding Pakistani writer and bureaucrat. He has been awarded Sitara-i-Imtiaz, one of the highest civil awards by Government of Pakistan....
Mumtaz Mufti , was a writer from Pakistan. In the beginning of his literary career, Mumtaz Mufti was considered a non-conformist writer having liberal views....
Muniruddin Ahmed is a Pakistani writer. He is a specialist in the history and politics of the Muslim world with emphasis on the Indian subcontinent....
Munshi Premchand, ???????? was a writer of modern Hindi and Urdu literature. In India, he is generally recognized as the foremost writer in both Hindi and Urdu during the early twentieth century....
Mushtaq Ahmad Yusufi or Mushtaq Ahmed Yousufi D.Litt , Sitara-i-Imtiaz, Hilal-i-Imtiaz is an outstanding Urdu satirical and humor writer from Pakistan regarded by many as best Urdu Humorist....
Syed Mustafa Hussain Zaidi was a renowned Urdu poet of Pakistan. He has the honor of having first published collection of ghazals and nazms at age 19....
Muzaffar Warsi is a prominent Urdu poet, critic, essayist, a lyricist par excellence, and scholar of Pakistan. The name says it all. He is one whose work never fails to surprise....
Syed Nasir Raza Kazmi, was a renowned Urdu poet of Pakistan. He was one of the greatest poets of this era, especially in the use of "metaphors" and "Meter "....
Nazar Mohammed Rashid , commonly known as Noon Meem Rashid or N.M. Rashid, was born as Raja Nazar Muhmmad Janjua, was an influential Pakistani poet of modern Urdu poetry....
Obaidullah Baig is an eminent scholar, Urdu writer/novelist, Columnist and Mass media expert from Pakistan. He migrated to Karachi from Rampur, India after Partition....
Panchakshari Hiremath is a writer and noted poet, short story writer, essayist, critic, translator, orator, and editor who writes in Kannada, Urdu and Hindi....
Qurrat-ul-Ain Haider was an Urdu novelist and short story writer, an academic, and a journalist. She was one of the most outstanding literary names in Urdu literature Popularly known as "Ainee Apa" among her friends and admirers, she was the daughter of the famous writer Sajjad Haidar Yildarim, ....
Syed Muhammad Mehdi, known as Rais Amrohvi was a noted scholar, Urdu poet and psychoanalyst of Pakistan, however he can not be classified as a psychoanalyst in a traditional sense, as he looked at psychology through a spiritual perspective rather then scientific....
Rajinder Singh Bedi was an eminent progressive Urdu writer, playwright and a Hindi film director, screenwriter and noted dialogue writer.Some of his best work as a dialogue writer can be seen in Hrishikesh Mukherjee's films Abhimaan, Anupama and Satyakam; and Bimal Roy's Madhumati....
Saadat Hassan Minto was a Urdu short story writer, most known for his Urdu short stories , 'Bu' , 'Khol Do' , 'Thanda Gosht' , and his magnum opus, Toba Tek Singh '....
Shamsur Rahman Faruqi is an eminent Urdu critic, poet and theorist, who has nurtured a whole generation of Urdu writers since the 1960s. He is regarded as the founder of the new movement in Urdu literature and has...
Shanul Haq Haqqee was a notable Urdu poet, linguistics, researcher, writer and journalist of Pakistan.Born in Delhi, Haqqee acquired his BA from Aligarh Muslim University....
Allama Shibli Nu'mani was an India scholar on Islam. He was born at Bindwal in Azamgarh district of present-day Uttar Pradesh. He is known for the founding the Shibli National College in 1883 and the Darul Mussanifin in Azamgarh....
Samina Raja is a renowned Pakistani poetess, writer, editor, translator, educationist and broadcaster. She writes in Urdu. She lives in Islamabad, Pakistan and works in the National Language Authority as a Subject Specialist....
Saeed Ahmad Akhtar, was born on March 3, 1933 in Pishin, Pakistan. He did his masters in English Literature from University of Peshawar in 1958 and then masters in Urdu Literature from the same University in 1965....
Professor Sahar Ansari, Tamgha-e-Imtiaz is an Urdu poet, critic, and scholar of Urdu literature and linguistics from Pakistan. He remained associated with the University of Karachi as Professor and Chairman of Urdu department....
Dr. Syed Waqar Ahmed Rizvi is an author, researcher, critic, linguistics and scholar of Urdu literature and linguistics from Pakistan. He remained associated with the University of Karachi as Professor of Urdu and Arabic....
Wasif Ali Wasif was a writer, poet and sufi from Pakistan who was famous for his unique literary style. He used to write short pieces of prose on topics like life, fear, expectations, happiness, and so on....
Wazir Agha is a Pakistani writer, poet, critic and essayist, who lives in Sargodha. He run a literary magazine 'Auraq' for many decades. He introduced many theories in Urdu literature....
Maulana Zafar Ali Khan , was a writer, poet, and journalist who took an important part in the Pakistan Movement. He was born at Kot Mehrath, Sialkot during the time the area became part of British India....
Zafar Iqbal, an Urdu poet, based in Okara, Pakistan, Pakistan, is known for his innovative style of poetry, in the genre of ghazal. The diction of his ghazal is entirely different from traditional Urdu poetry, making him popular and unpopular at the same time....
Listed below are major Urdu poets, sorted by date of birth. As far as possible in the list below, the Urdu poetry#Pen Names, or Pen name, is mentioned in italics after the name....
