Tanveer Anjum

Tanveer Anjum

Tanveer Anjum is a distinguished poet from Karachi, who emerged on the scene of Urdu poetry in the 1970s and became famous in the genre of prose poem. She is the author of Andekhi Lehrein (1982); Safar aur Qaid mein Nazmein (1993); Toofani Barishon mein Raqsan Sitarey (1997); Sar-o-Barg-e-Arzoo (2001); Zindagi Mere Pairon se Lipat Jaaegi (2010); Naye Naam ki Mohabbat (2013); Hashyon mein Rang (2016); Frame se Bahar (2016); Nai Zabaan ke Huruf (2020); and Fireworks on a Windowpane (2014; English translations of her selected poems). She has a PhD in English from the University of Texas, Austin and currently teaches Urdu and English Literature courses at Habib University and Iqra University, Karachi. She is a recipient of the Aizaz-e-Fazeelat award from the President of Pakistan.