Death Anniversary: Urdu poet Mustafa Zaidi remembered

ISLAMABAD: Wednesday marked the fortieth anniversary of Urdu poet Mustafa Zaidi, remembered as on the few progressive poets of the twentieth century. Zaidi was born on October 16, 1930 in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh and received his early education from a local madrassa. He migrated to Pakistan in 1951 and completed his Master’s degree in English Literature in 1953 from Government College of Lahore. During his career, he received the prestigious Tamgha-e-Quaid-e-Azam for outstanding civil service. Zaidi’s first poetry collection, “Zangeerein/Roshni” was published in India in 1949 when he was 19. He died on October 12, 1970 at 39.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 13^th, 2011.