Anis Nagi (1939–2010) was a Pakistani
poet
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,
novelist
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and
critic
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who lectured at the
Government College, Faisalabad and
Government College, Lahore.
Early life and education
Nagi was born in 1939 in the
Punjabi city
Sheikhupura
Sheikhupura (Punjabi language, Punjabi / ; ) also known as Qila Sheikhupura, is a city and district in the Pakistani province of Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab. Founded by the Mughal Empire, Mughal Emperor Jahangir in 1607, Sheikhupura is the List of ...
and studied at Muslim High School No 2 before attending
Government College, Lahore and MA in
Urdu
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(First Class First-Gold Medalist) from
Punjab University Oriental College. He earned his PhD from the
University of the Punjab
The University of the Punjab (UoP) is a public university, public research university in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab, Pakistan. Founded in 1882, its international influence has made it one of the most prestigious universities in South As ...
.
Whilst lecturing at Government College, Faisalabad and Government College, Lahore, Nagi passed the
Pakistan Civil Service
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exam and became a member of the 1965 batch, eventually reaching grade 21 before he retired.
Works
Nagi was at the forefront of the Urdu Literary Movement in the 1960s and authored 79 books including poetry, novels, translations, short stories, and critical reviews. He worked on
Iqbal,
Manto,
Ghalib
Mirza Asadullah Beg Khan (27 December 179715 February 1869), commonly known as Mirza Ghalib, was an Indian poet. Widely regarded as one of the greatest poets in the Urdu language, he also produced a significant body of work in Persian. Ghali ...
and
Bulleh Shah
Sayyid Abdullāh Shāh Qādrī (; ), popularly known as Baba Bulleh Shah and vocatively as Bulleya, was a Punjabi revolutionary philosopher, reformer and Chishti Sufi poet, regarded the 'Father of Punjabi Enlightenment'; and one of the g ...
and was one of the pioneers of Azad Nazam and Nayee Shairie.
Death and legacy
Nagi died on 7 October 2010 in Lahore after suffering a
cardiac arrest
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and directed that his books be donated to the
Punjab Public Library.
Nagi was posthumously awarded
Tamgha-e-Imtiaz
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by the
Government of Pakistan
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in 2022 for his work in literature.
Selected works
*
*
* Anīs Nāgī. 1969. ''Shiʻrī Lassāniyāt''. Lāhaur: Kitābiyāt.
* انىس ناگى and انيس ناگى. 1984. ''سعادت حسن منٹو''. Lāhaur: جمالىات،.
References
Further reading
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External links
dailytimes.com.pk
*https://web.archive.org/web/20101010194212/http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/the-newspaper/local/lahore/anis-nagi-dies-in-harness-800 dawn.com
*http://thenews.com.pk/09-10-2010/ethenews/e-9027.htm thenews.com.pk
nation.com.pk
saadatsaeed.com Nagi's new poetic venture
1939 births
2010 deaths
Poets from Lahore
20th-century Pakistani poets
Urdu-language novelists
Urdu-language poets from Pakistan
Literary critics of Urdu
Pakistani literary critics
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