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Ashu Lal Faqeer
ڈاکٹر اشو لال فقیر[1]
Born (1959-04-13) 13 April 1959 (age 65)
Layyah District, Pakistan

Ashu Lal Faqeer (Urdu: ڈاکٹر اشو لال فقیر, birth name Muhammad Ashraf; born 13 April 1959), is a Saraiki-language poet from Karor Lal Esan, Pakistan.[2] Ashu Lal Faqeer is a qualified medical doctor who ccompleted his MBBS from Quaid-e-Azam Medical College, Bahawalpur.[3][4]

Books

He has published books of poetry:

and two collections of short stories, Abnormal and Bairri (Boat).

Awards

He was awarded Kamal-e-Fun, the top literary award from the Pakistan Academy of Letters but he refused to accept it.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ "'The state is anti-people and anti-art': Seraiki poet Ashu Lal on why he refused Pakistan's highest literary award - Comment". Images. 2 April 2022. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
  2. ^ https://theprint.in/go-to-pakistan/award-from-anti-art-state-no-thanks-poet-ashu-lal-refuses-pakistans-top-literary-prize/899433/ [unreliable source?]
  3. ^ Jannat: Fiction: The paradise of Indus River: Malik, Nasir: 9798486665127: Amazon.com: Books. Independently published. 29 September 2021. ISBN 9798486665127. Retrieved 2022-04-04. ((cite book)): |website= ignored (help)
  4. ^ "Lamenting the wounds of Partition - Newspaper". DAWN.COM. 15 August 2016. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
  5. ^ "Award from 'anti-art' state? No, thanks. Poet Ashu Lal refuses Pakistan's top literary prize". 2 April 2022.


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