Poets/Writers From London

One of the founding-fathers of modern Urdu poetry.

British Urdu scholar and communist. Celebrated translator of Ghalib's poetry and prose

One of the most prominent and trend-setter modern poets

Asad Amanat Ali was a famed ghazal and classical singer from Pakistan and the son of Amanat Ali Khan. He hailed from the Patiala Gharana of musicians.

Medical doctor / Living in London

Legendary English poet of the second generation of Romantic poets.

A great scholar of poetry and prose in Urdu and Persian. Retired university lecturer

Prominent poet of New Ghazal in Pakistan

One of the prominent poets who infused modern ghazal with a fresh sense of feeling and imaginative power

Popular Pakistani poet, known for his romantic poems and ghazals

A poet known for his nauhas and poems on the Karbala

A people’s poet with progressive leanings, also served as the president of Progressive Writers Association of UK

One of the prominent leaders of indian freedom movement.

Renowned Urdu fiction writer, novelist and one of the pioneers of the Progressive writers’ movement in the subcontinent.