Haider Qureshi
ABOUT HAIDER QURESHI
Pakistani author and poet whose poetry mixed the traditional Urdu language with elements of vernacular speech. He is perhaps best known for his 2009 collection, Umr-e-Lahaasil Ka Haasil (translated as: The Outcome of Futile Life).
He published his first ghazal in 1971 and went on to receive a Master of Arts degree in Urdu literature.
His poems were translated into Arabic, German, Turkish, and English.
He was born into a Seraki-speaking family and was the son of Qureshi Ghulam Sarwar.
His literary contemporary, Parveen Shakir , was also born in Pakistan.
