Mohammad Ibrahim Soomro by his pen name Ibrahim Munshi sd, محمد ابراهيم منشي) was a Sindhi-language poet and writer. He was born on January 15, 1934, in Janhan Soomro جنھاڻ سومرو,

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, Hyderabad District,

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. He wrote seven books of poetry. He died on 31 July 2003.

Education

When Munshi was 9 years old, at the time of his primary education, his father died. All of his family’s responsibilities fell upon him as he was teenager. He gained

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in his

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. Due to this responsibility he stopped education at primary level, could not proceed for higher education and left his study and toiled hard for earning.

Literary career

Ibrahim Munshi's father was a patriotic poet therefore Ibrahim got the poetry in legacy. He was greatly affected by difficult circumstances of his time also and started poetry in 1949. He under the supervision of his father's teacher Ustad Ali Muhammad "

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", started poetry at the age of thirteen. He tested himself in every field of poetry. He described working people in his poetry. He was greatly impresses by revolutionary poetry of

Shaikh Ayaz Shaikh Ayaz SI ( ur, , ) born Mubarak Ali Shaikh ( ur, , ) (March 1923 – 28 December 1997) was Sindhi language poet, prose writer and former Vice Chancellor of University of Sindh. He is counted as one of the prominent and great Sindhi po ...

in 1960. His poetry published in monthly magazine "Rooh Rehan" during 1965-1966.

Publications

* ''Paigham Mazloom'' ( sd, پيغام مظلوم) in 1970 * ''Wigh ja Waryam'' appeared in 1971 * ''Gondar Wenda Guzri'' ( sd, گوندر ويندا گذري) in 1985 * Dharti, Deen, Dharam ( sd, ڌرتي دين ڌرم) in 1991 * Dhuanre dehan dhara ( sd, ڌنري ڏين ڌارا) in 1995 * "Akhar Akhar Akh" ( sd, اکر اکر اک) in 2006 by Roshni publication.

Death

Ibrahim Munshi died on 31 July 2003.

References

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