The 20th death anniversary of renowned poet and literary scholar Ahmad Shah Awan, commonly known as Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi was observed today.
He was born on 20th November 1916 in Anga village of Khushab District. He was given Pride of Performance, Pakistan Academy of Letters’ lifetime achievement award, as well as civil award, Sitara-i-Imtiaz.
Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi also worked as a script writer for Radio Pakistan. He wrote around fifty books on poetry, journalism, fiction and art.
Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi wrote both ghazals and nazms. He published collections of his best-known work, including poetry volumes Jalal-o-Jamal, Shola-i-Gul and Kisht-i-Wafa.
Besides, his short story collections include Chopaal, Sannata, and Kapaas ka Phool, Bagolay, Tal-o-Gharoob, Sailab-o-Gardab, Anchal and Ghar se Ghar tak. He died at the age of 89 on July 10 in 2006 in Lahore.