Yasmeen Hameed is a Pakistan

Pakistan

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Urdu

Urdu is a register of the Hindustani language that is identified with Muslims in South Asia. It belongs to the Indo-European family. Urdu is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan. It is also widely spoken in some regions of India, where it is one of the 22 scheduled languages and an...

 poet. Yasmeen Hameed has over 25 years of experience in the fields of literature, art and education. She is presently working as ‘Writer in Residence’ in the Social Sciences Department at Lahore University of Management Sciences

Lahore University of Management Sciences

The Lahore University of Management Sciences, usually referred to by its acronym LUMS, is a university located in Lahore, Pakistan. LUMS was established in 1984 by a group of industrialists and people belonging to Pakistan's leading private and public sector corporations, to provide rigorous...

. Yasmeen Hameed’s original literary contributions are her five books of poetry published in Urdu in 1988, 1991, 1996, 2001 and 2007. She has contributed to English writing through translation of contemporary Urdu poetry into English. She has edited (in English), issues of Pakistani Literature published by the Pakistan Academy of Letters

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...

. She has written scripts in English for Cultural/Fashion shows sponsored by The Government of Pakistan, performed in London in 1995 and Washington in 1996 and in the World Cup Cricket Cultural Festival in Pakistan in 1996. She has also contributed a monthly column to the Books & Authors supplement of The Daily Dawn.

She owns and has developed The Lahore Alma School in Defence Housing Authority, Lahore.
Additionally, she has interviewed a number of renowned Pakistani literary personalities on Pakistan
Television and has participated widely in poetry symposia at national and international levels.

Education

M. Sc. :Nutrition

Punjab University – Lahore (1972)

B. Sc. :Home Economics- Home Economics College

Punjab University – Lahore (1970)

Original works

Published five books of poetry in Urdu:

Title	Year Published	Pages
Pas-e-Aina	1988	160
Hisar-e-be-Dar-o-Deevar	1991	160
Aadha Din aur Aadhi Raat	1996	237
Fana bhi eik Saraab	2001	216
Doosri Zindagi (Collected poems, 1988–2001)	2007	700

Awards for Poetry and Literature

Tamgha-e-Imtiaz for Literature awarded by the Government of Pakistan (August 14, 2008)

Fatima Jinnah Medal for Literature awarded by the Government of Punjab on International

Women’s Day , March 8, 2006.

Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi Award for Poetry (2001) for the collection,
Fana bhi eik saraab.

Hijra Award for Hijra year 1417 (June 1996- May 1997):

Dr Allama Mohammad Iqbal Award for the collection,
Aadha Din aur Aadhi Raat.

Works to be published

• Contemporary Verse from Pakistan (English)
• Fifth collection of poetry (Urdu) titled Bay- samar pairhon ki khwahish.