Parveen Shakir

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Parveen Shakir


Born
in Karachi, Pakistan
November 24, 1952

Died
December 26, 1994

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Parveen Shakir was an Urdu poet, teacher and a civil servant of the Government of Pakistan.

Parveen started writing at an early age and published her first volume of poetry, Khushbu [Fragrance], in 1976 to great acclaim. She subsequently published other volumes of poetry; all well-received.

Shakir employed mainly two forms of poetry in her work, one being the prevalent Ghazal, and the other being free verse. The most prominent themes in Shakir's poetry are love, feminism, and social stigmas, though she occasionally wrote on other topics as well. Her work was often based on romanticism, exploring the concepts of love, beauty and their contradictions, and heavily integrated the use of metaphors, similes and personifications.

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Average rating: 4.14 · 766 ratings · 67 reviews · 35 distinct worksSimilar authors
Khushbu / خوشبو

4.24 avg rating — 267 ratings — published 1976 — 5 editions
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Inkaar / انکار

4.06 avg rating — 108 ratings — published 1990 — 3 editions
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Khud Kalaami / خود کلامی

3.89 avg rating — 90 ratings — published 1990 — 2 editions
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Mah e Tamam / ماہ تمام

4.10 avg rating — 78 ratings — published 1994 — 4 editions
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Sadbarg / صدبرگ

4.12 avg rating — 75 ratings — published 1980 — 2 editions
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Aks-e-khushboo

4.33 avg rating — 52 ratings
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Kaf e Aaina / کف آئینہ

3.98 avg rating — 51 ratings — published 1996 — 4 editions
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Intikhab-e-Kalam: Parveen S...

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After Parveen Shakir: Poems

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3.93 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2011
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Rahamato Ki Barish

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“اس کی سخن طرازیاں میرے لیے بھی ڈھال تھیں
اس کی ہنسی میں چھپ گیا اپنے غموں کا حال بھی”
Parveen Shakir, Khushbu / خوشبو

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