Sunday, 29 September 2013

English translations of N. M. Rashid’s poetry compiled NOON Meem Rashid (1910-19750) modernism and modern sensibility in Urdu literature

NOON Meem Rashid (1910-19750) is one of the most celebrated modern Urdu poets. It is generally accepted that his four collections of poetry — ‘Maavara’ (1941), ‘Iran mein ajnabi’ (1955), ‘La barabar insaan’ (1969) and ‘Gumaan ka mumkin’ (1969) — were among the texts which paved the way for modernism and modern sensibility in Urdu literature.

Dr Muhammad Fakhrul Haq Noori, a professor of Urdu at the Punjab University Oriental College, Lahore, is spot on when he says: “N.

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