ISLAMABAD, Oct 09 (APP):Death anniversary of renowned Urdu poet and writer, Nazar Muhammad Rashid commonly known as Noon Meem Rashid was observed on Monday.
Born on August 1, 1910, in a in village near Wazirabad, Gujranwala, he earned a Master’s Degree in economics from the Government College Lahore.
Rashid served the UN and worked in many countries. He is considered to be the ‘father of modernism’ in Urdu Literature.
Along with Faiz Ahmed Faiz, he was one of the great progressive poets in Pakistani literature.
He rebelled against the traditional form of ‘ghazal’ and became the first major exponent of free verse in Urdu literature.
His first book of free verse, Mavra, was published in 1940 and established him as a pioneering figure in free form Urdu poetry. Other works of Noon Meem Rashid included Iran Main Ajnabi (A stranger in Iran), La = Insaan (Nothingness = Man), Gumaan ka Mumkin (Speculations) and Maqalat (Essays).
He died in a London Hospital on October 9, 1975.
مضمون کا ماخذ : امکان ہے کہ میگا سینا
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