Abid Ali Abid
Abid Ali Abid was a Pakistani Urdu and Persian poet and educator who was born on 17 September 1906 in Dera Ismail Khan, British India and died in Lahore, Pakistan on 20 January 1971.
Life
He wrote books on literary criticism in Urdu and Persian and "it was his criticism that earned him a place of distinction." His works include Usool-e-Inteqaad, Adab Ke Asloob, Shama, Yad-e-Baiza, Suhaag, Talmihaat-e-Iqbal, Tilasmaat, Main Kabhi Ghazal Na Kehta, Baresham Ood, and Inteqaad.He also initiated and edited several literary journals, including Sahifa-Lahore. He was one of the initial drama and feature writers at the newly established Radio Pakistan Lahore in the late 1940s and 1950s. He survived three heart attacks but succumbed to the fourth in 1971.
Selected work
- Story writing of films like the first talkie, ''Heer Ranjha''