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Anis Nagi (1939–2010) was a Pakistani
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and
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who lectured at the Government College, Faisalabad and
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.


Early life and education

Nagi was born in 1939 in the
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city
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and studied at Muslim High School No 2 before attending
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and MA in
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Punjab University Oriental College. He earned his PhD from the
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. Whilst lecturing at Government College, Faisalabad and Government College, Lahore, Nagi passed the
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exam and became a member of the 1965 batch, eventually reaching grade 21 before he retired.


Works

Nagi was at the forefront of the Urdu Literary Movement in the 1960s and authored 79 books including poetry, novels, translations, short stories, and critical reviews. He worked on Iqbal, Manto Ghalib and Bullah Shah and was one of the pioneers of Azad Nazam and Nayee Shairie.


Death and legacy

Nagi died on 7 October 2010 in Lahore after suffering a
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and directed that his books be donated to the Punjab Public Library. Nagi was posthumously awarded
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by the
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in 2022 for his work in literature.


Selected works

* * * Anīs Nāgī. 1969. ''Shiʻrī Lassāniyāt''. Lāhaur: Kitābiyāt. * انىس ناگى and انيس ناگى. 1984. ''سعادت حسن منٹو''. Lāhaur: جمالىات،.


References


Further reading

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External links



dailytimes.com.pk *https://web.archive.org/web/20101010194212/http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/the-newspaper/local/lahore/anis-nagi-dies-in-harness-800 dawn.com *http://thenews.com.pk/09-10-2010/ethenews/e-9027.htm thenews.com.pk *http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/Regional/Lahore/09-Oct-2010/Qul-of-Anis-Nagi-held nation.com.pk
saadatsaeed.com Nagi's new poetic venture
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