Parveen Shakir is widely considered to be the greatest Urdu female poet. She was born in Karachi - Pakistan on 24 November 1952 and started writing both prose and poetry at an early age, contributing columns to newspapers and articles to English dailies. Shakir published 5 books of poetry to great acclaim, the first being 'Khushbu' 'Fragrance'] (1976), followed by 'Sad Barg' 'Marsh Marigold'] (1980), 'Khud Kalami' 'Soliloquy'], 'Inkar' 'Denial']...
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