- Noshi Gilani
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Noshi Gilani 
Born 14 March 1964
Bahawalpur, Punjab, PakistanOccupation Urdu poet Nationality Pakistani Ethnicity Punjab Pakistan Citizenship USA Education MA Urdu literature - Iqbaliat and Persian Genres Ghazal; Free verse Nazm Notable work(s) Mohabbatein Jab Shumaar Karna Notable award(s) Khwaja Farid Award Spouse(s) Saeed Khan Saeed Khan
Influences- Urdu poetry;
Feminism in Urdu poetry;
Modern day Urdu poetess Parveen Shakir
[www.noshigilani.com www.noshigilani.com]Noshi Gilani (Urdu: نوشی گیلانی ) (born in 1964 in Bahawalpur, Pakistan) is an Urdu poet of international fame and a former academic from the Bahawalpur University, Punjab Pakistan.
She is one of the leading Urdu poets in Pakistan and has successfully published five collections of poetry.
In 2008, her poetry was translated into English and her poems were read in the UK, with the Poetry Translation Centre's World Poets' Tour.[1][2]
She hosted a tribute to folk singer Pathanay Khan, sponsored by the Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA).[3]
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Personal life
Noshi Gilani settled in San Fasisco USA in 1995 but after her marriage to Saeed Khan she decided to move to Australia. She married Saeed Khan, an Australian-based Urdu poet on 25 October 2008 and they currectly reside in Sydney Australia.[1][4][5][6][7][8] It was reported by her mother Mrs. Sarwar Gilani Sahiba, a professor of Urdu and Persian languages and literature, died in Bahawalpur, Pakistan.[9][10]
Works
The candour and frankness of her highly-charged poems is unusual for a woman writing in Urdu and she has gained a committed international audience, performing regularly at large poetry gatherings in Pakistan, Australia, Canada and the US. Unknown outside the Pakistani community, the translations here mark her introduction to an English-speaking audience.[11]
She is a member of younger generation of female poets. Her experience of living in US shows a notable impact on her significant number of poems. Living through Diaspora has increased the complexity of her poems and reinforced her sense of female identity and introduced a new revolution against restraint creative writers in Pakistani society.[12]
Poems
- To catch butterflies...
- This prisoner breathes
- The breeze rewrites
- Can someone bring me my entire being
- I say nothing anywhere
- The flower is torn at the heart
Books
- Mohabatain Jab Sumar Kurna (When you would count affections, 1993)
- Udas Honay Kay Din Naheen (These are not the days of sadeness, 1997)
- Pehla Lafz Mohabat Likha (The first word was written "Love", 2003)
- Selected poems like Ay Meeray Shareek-E-Risal-E-Jaan,
- Hum Tera Intezaar Kurtey Rahey (And I kept waiting you!)(2008).[12]
- Noshi Gillani poems, Enitharmon Press, (15 Sep 2008), translators: Lavinia Greenlaw; Nukhbah Langah, ISBN 9781904634751
Anthologies
- Ambreen Salahuddin (2005). Feminism in modern Urdu poetesses (1857- 2000). West Pakistan Urdu Academy. http://www.google.com/books?id=s9FjAAAAMAAJ&q=Noshi+Gillani&dq=Noshi+Gillani&ei=nyvdSY-sOYPcygS5zpm2Dg&pgis=1.
Comments and reviews
"This past month in the UK has been an especially rich time for poetry linked to the Middle East and South Asia. The Poetry International festival, held at London's Southbank center every two years, attracted some of the brightest poetry stars from around the world for nine days of events."[13]
"Noshi Gilani is the most renowned female Urdu poet today."[14]
References
- ^ a b Manchester City Life
- ^ World Poets' Tour Schedule, Poets on fire
- ^ Mahtab Bashir (23 January 2009). "Tribute to legendry folk singer Pathanay Khan". Pakistan Daily Times. http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009%5C01%5C23%5Cstory_23-1-2009_pg11_13.
- ^ Noshi Gillani Ties the Knot, Pakistan Link
- ^ Noshi Gillani, Poetry Translation Centre
- ^ Noshi Gillani, World Poets' Tour
- ^ Noshi Gillani - Eik Muthi Mein Merey Khwab, Saeed Khan
- ^ Noshi Gillani, Enitharmon
- ^ Noshi Gillani’s Mother has passed away, Urdu Society of Australia Incorporated
- ^ Manchester Literature Festival
- ^ Poetry Translation Center UK http://www.poetrytranslation.org/poets/Noshi_Gillani
- ^ a b http://www.urduwriters.com/pakistani-writers/noshi-gillani.html
- ^ Susannah Tarbush (5 April 2009). "Translating cultures through poetry". Saudi Gazette. http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentID=2008110320929.
- ^ Saeed Khan, Australia
External links
Categories:- Pakistani poets
- Urdu poets
- 1964 births
- Living people
- Urdu poetry;
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