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Dr. Anis Nagi is a Pakistan

Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

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Poet

A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...

, novelist and critic

Critic

A critic is anyone who expresses a value judgement. Informally, criticism is a common aspect of all human expression and need not necessarily imply skilled or accurate expressions of judgement. Critical judgements, good or bad, may be positive , negative , or balanced...

. He has retired from government service and is now living in Lahore

Lahore

Lahore is the capital of the Pakistani province of Punjab and the second largest city in the country. With a rich and fabulous history dating back to over a thousand years ago, Lahore is no doubt Pakistan's cultural capital. One of the most densely populated cities in the world, Lahore remains a...

. He died due to cardiac arrest on 7 October 2010.

Early life and education

Anis Nagi was born at Sheikhupura in 1939. He did his matriculation from the Muslim High School No. 2 and inter, graduation and master’s in Urdu from the Government College, Lahore. Later, he got a doctorate in Urdu literature from University of the Punjab

University of the Punjab

University of the Punjab , colloquially known as Punjab University, is located in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. The University of the Punjab is the oldest and biggest University of Pakistan. The University of the Punjab was formally established with the convening of the first meeting of its...

Teaching career

In early years of his lectureship at the Government College, Lahore, and later at the Government College, Faisalabad, Nagi passed Provincial Civil Service examination. After retirement from the civil service, he again joined GC University, Lahore, in 2003 as a visiting professor and remained associated with his alma mater until 2007.

Bureaucratic career

During a long career as a bureaucrat in the provincial civil service of Punjab, Nagi served in various positions including Deputy Secretary Education. He retired as DG Afghan Refugees Rehabilitation Commission.

Books

Nagi was a towering personality in the world of literature. He wrote novels, poetry, short-stories and did translation of various literary pieces and collections into Urdu language. Criticism was his forte. He wrote more than 50 books. Nagi also wrote his autobiography by the name of “Aik Adhoori Sarguzasht” and did columns in English-language newspapers.

Awards

Pakistan Academy of Letters

The Pakistan Academy of Letters is a learned society of literary, Arts, and humanities. It is the largest learned society of it own kind, and promotes literacy and literature based conferences throughout the country...

published a book last year on Anis Nagi’s personality and contribution to Urdu literature. His novel “Camp” had won a prestigious award in 1998. In 1957, Nagi served as Editor of The Ravi, prestigious magazine of GC University, Lahore, publishing since 1906.

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