Nasir Kazmi was known for using chhotee beher or short verses in his poetry.
11 Facts About Nasir Kazmi
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Nasir Kazmi's poetry continues to be used on Pakistan Television shows as well as in India in Bollywood films.
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Nasir Kazmi emigrated from Ambala, India to Lahore, Pakistan in August 1947.
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Nasir Kazmi worked as a staff editor for Radio Pakistan, Lahore.
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Nasir Kazmi was frequently thought of as a melancholic poet, though most of his poetry is based on romantic happiness and hope.
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Nasir Kazmi was influenced by the romantic poetry of Akhtar Sheerani and took guidance in his poetry from the poet Hafeez Hoshiarpuri.
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Nasir Kazmi had great admiration for the poetry of Mir Taqi Mir.
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Nasir Kazmi has resided in England since 1990, where he was awarded the North West Playwrights Workshop Award in 1992 and published an abridged translation of his long play Bisaat along with several volumes of poetry both in Urdu and English.
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Nasir Kazmi is currently the Royal Literary Fund Fellow at the University of Chester.
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Hassan Sultan Kazmi, the younger son of renowned poet Nasir Kazmi, is a distinguished poet, writer, and retired professor of Economics.
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Nasir Kazmi died on 2 March 1972 at Lahore, Pakistan due to stomach cancer.