Renowned poet Amjad Islam Amjad passes away at 78 on Friday. He was an Urdu poet, drama writer, and lyricist from Pakistan.
The author of more than 40 books in a career spanning 50 years, he received many awards for his literary work and screenplay for TV, including Pride of Performance and Sitara-e-Imtiaz.
Amjad was born in Punjab in Lahore in British India, now in Pakistan. His family originally belonged to Sialkot. He received his secondary education in Lahore and graduated from Government Islamia College Civil Lines, Lahore.
He was also a member of the college cricket team and participated in the inter-collegiate tournament. He gained a Master of Arts degree in Urdu literature from PU. He began his career as a lecturer in Govt. M.A.O. College Lahore. He worked as a director at Pakistan Television Corporation from 1975 to 1979, before returning to teaching.
In 1989, Amjad was appointed Director General of the Urdu Science Board. He had also worked as a project director of the Children’s Library Complex. Amjad was the writer of many drama series for Pakistan Television Corporation including Waris. He had written many columns, translations, criticism, and essays while his main focus remained writing Nazms, a type of Urdu poetry. Among his most notable dramas are Waris, Dehleez, Samandar, Raat, Waqt and Apnay Loug.
In June 2008, he joined the Urdu newspaper Daily Express and wrote columns with the title “Chasham-e-Tamasha”.
In December 2019, Amjad received the Necip Fazil International Culture and Art Award in Istanbul, Turkey.
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