LAHORE (Dunya News) - The 18th death anniversary of veteran literary scholar and poet Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi is being observed on Wednesday (today).
He was born on November 20, 1916 in village Anga of Khushab District. He was given Pride of Performance, Pakistan Academy of Letters' lifetime achievement award, as well as the country's highest civil honour, Sitara-i-Imtiaz.
Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi also worked as a script writer for Radio Pakistan. He died at the age of 89 on July 10, in 2006 in Lahore.
Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi wrote about 50 books on poetry, journalism, fiction and art and was an editor and publisher of a literary magazine 'Funoon' and newspaper editor for 'Imroze' as well.
He also wrote for national newspapers. He wrote both ghazals and nazms. He published collections of his best-known work including poetry volumes Jalal-o-Jamal, Shola-i-Gul and Kisht-i-Wafa, and short story collections Chopaal, Sannata, and Kapaas ka Phool, Bagolay, Tal-o-Gharoob, Sailab-o-Gardab, Anchal, ghar se ghartak.
Humanism was a distinguishing characteristic of his poetry. He actively participated in the Progressive Writers Movement as a secretary and was arrested at many occasions in the 1950s and 1970s.