Anwar
Masood (Urdu:
انورمسعود), (born November 8, 1935)
is a Pakistani poet known for his comic poetry, however, his works include
other genres as well. He writes in punjabi, urdu and language.
Personal
life
Masood was born in Gujrat, but his family moved to Lahore in 1941. He got his basic
education there. Later his family moved back to Gujrat again and he studied in
Public School Gujrat. He completed his secondary education there. He received Bachelor
of Arts degree from Zamindara College Gujrat. He obtained his master degree
in Persian from Oriental College Lahore in 1961 and got a gold medal. He began
teaching in Government Islamia High School in Kunjah. He has been teaching as a lecturer in different colleges in
Punjab from 1962 to 1996 and he was
also visiting faculty of Government College University and renowned department
of humanities in Pakistan. He retired in 1996.
Poetry
Masood is a multilingual poet of
Urdu
and
Punjabi. His most popular poetry
is in Punjabi. His poetry gives the message of the original and pure culture of
Punjab. Masood is the only Punjabi poet who is popular among the masses. The
way he has described the different aspects of life in his poetry have never
been described before. Some of his poems are popular, wherever he went people
like to listen them again and again. The most of them are Anar Kali Diyan
Shana, Aj Kee Pakaeay, Banyan, Juma Bazaar, jehlam da pul,
Ambri and many others. Masood is an international level poet. He
has performed in many international communities and is popular worldwide