Urdu Studies, Vol 3 Issue 1, October 2023

Shafiq Fatima Shera شفیق فاطمہ شعری

Waheed Akhtar

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11407428

Abstract:

Waheed Akhtar (12.08.1934 – 13.12.1996) hailed from Aurangabad, Deccan. He was a prominent modern poet of Urdu. He is also remembered as a great writer, critic, orator, and philosopher. He was also the Editor of Al-Tawhid (English) a journal of philosophy and culture, Islamic Propagation Organization, Tehran, Iran, from May 1984 to April 1987. His prose writings have been compiled in three volumes by Prof. Sarwar-ul Huda. Ali Quli Qarai has compiled his poetry in two volumes. He was a close acquaintance of Shafiq Fatima Shera. Here he discusses early life and poetry of Shera.

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Shafiq Fatima Shera by Waheed Akhtar is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0