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Iftikhar Hussain Arif (born 21 March 1944) is a Pakistani poet and litterateur of Urdu. His main theme is romantic Urdu poetry and he has headed the Pakistan Academy of Letters and the National Language Authority.
Arif has received the Nishan-e-Imtiaz, Hilal-e-Imtiaz, Sitara-e-Imtiaz, and Presidential Pride of Performance awards, the highest literary awards given by the Government of Pakistan.




Early life and career


Iftikhar Arif was born on 21 March 1944 and attended the University of Lucknow, then studied journalism at New York University. He then migrated to Karachi, Pakistan, where he was a newscaster for Radio Pakistan. He then joined the Pakistan Television Corporation (Karachi Center) where he teamed up with Obaidullah Baig for the PTV program Kasauti.
He spent the next thirteen years in England, until 1990, working for Urdu Markaz there.




Achievements



Arif has published three poetry collections: Mehr-i-Doneem (1984), Harf-i-Baryab (1994) and Jahan-e-Maloom.
Oxford University Press has published an anthology of his translated poetry, Written in the Season of Fear, with an introduction by Harris Khalique, a poet who writes in English, Urdu and Punjabi.




Awards


Nishan-i-Imtiaz (Order of Excellence) Award by the President of Pakistan (2023)
Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Crescent of Excellence) Award by the President of Pakistan (2005)
Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Star of Excellence) Award by the President of Pakistan (1999)
Pride of Performance (literature) by the President of Pakistan (1990)
Faiz International Award for Poetry from the Aalami Urdu Conference




Bibliography


Mehr-i-Doneem (1984)
Harf-i-Baryab (1994)
Jahan-e-Maloom (2005)
Shehr-e-Ilm ke derwazay per (2006)
Written in the Season of Fear (English translation)
The Twelfth Man (translation of Barhwan Khilari by Brenda Walker, 1989)
Kitab-e-Dil-o-Dunya (2009)
Modern Poetry of Pakistan (2011)




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Iftikhar Arif expressing his views on today's poetry. and then reciting some of his poetry. 29/04/2011

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