Anwar Masood

Anwar Masood (Urdu: انور مسعود) is a Pakistani poet of Punjabi, Urdu and Persian. Professor Anwar Masood is a multilingual poet. He is a teacher of the Persian language, and a poet of Urdu and Punjabi. Mostly popular for his Punjabi poetry. His poetry gives the message of the original and pure culture of Punjab. Anwar Masood is the only Punjabi poet who is popular among the masses. The way he has described the different aspects of life in his poetry have never been described before. Some of his poems have become so popular that where ever he went people desire to listen them again and again and have requested him to recite them before them. The most popular of them are Anar Kali Diyan Shana, Aj Kee Pakaeay, Banyan, Juma Bazaar, Umree and many more.Anwar Masood was born in the city of Gujrat(Pakistan), his family migrated to Lahore where he started his basic education. Again he went back to Gujrat and completed his matriculation from Public School. He achieved Role of Honor in B.A. from Zamidara College Gujrat. He started teaching in Govt.Islamia High School Kunjah. He did his master in Persian from Oriental College Lahore and achieved gold medal. He started his service as a lecturer in 1962 and have been teaching in different college in Punjab and retired in 1996.

Works

* Mela Akheyan Da (Punjabi)
* Guncha Pher Laga Khilnay (Urdu)
* Hun Ke Keray (Punjabi)
* Shakh-e-Tabasam
* Ek Derecha Ek Charag (Urdu)
* Meli Meli Dhoup (Urdu)

References

External links

* [http://www.apnaorg.com/poetry/anwar/audio.html Recorded poetry of Anwar Masood ]

Anwer Masood