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Parveen Shakir was a renowned Pakistani poet, teacher, and a civil servant. She was born in Karachi, Pakistan, on 24 November 1952. She was the daughter of a civil servant and a housewife. She was educated at the Convent of Jesus and Mary in Karachi and later at the University of Karachi, where she obtained a Master's degree in English Literature.
Parveen Shakir began writing poetry at an early age and her first collection of poetry, Khushbu, was published in 1976. She went on to publish four more collections of poetry, Sad-barg, Khud Kalami, Inkaar, and Kaf-e-Aina. Her poetry was known for its romanticism and its focus on the beauty of nature.
Parveen Shakir was also a civil servant and worked in the Federal Ministry of Education in Islamabad. She was also a teacher at the Federal Government College for Women in Islamabad.
Parveen Shakir died in a car accident in Islamabad on 26 December 1994. She was 42 years old. She was posthumously awarded the Pride of Performance Award by the Government of Pakistan in 1995.
Parveen Shakir's net worth is estimated to be around $1 million. She earned most of her wealth from her career as a poet, teacher, and civil servant.
| Popular As |
Parveen Shakir Syed |
| Occupation |
Urdu poet |
| Age |
42 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Sagittarius |
| Born |
24 November 1952 |
| Birthday |
24 November |
| Birthplace |
Karachi, Pakistan |
| Date of death |
26 December 1994, |
| Died Place |
Islamabad, Pakistan |
| Nationality |
Pakistan |
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Who Is Parveen Shakir's Husband?
Her husband is Syed Naseer Ali
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Syed Naseer Ali |
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Syed Murad Ali |
Parveen Shakir Net Worth
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Parveen Shakir's net worth
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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On November 24, 2019, Google celebrated her 67th birthday with a Google Doodle.
Arguably, Shakir can be termed the first female poet to use the word larki (girl) in her works—the male-dominated Urdu poetry landscape at the time seldom employed that word, and used the masculine syntax when talking about the 'lover'. Similarly, she often made use of the Urdu first-person, feminine pronoun in her verses which, though extremely common in prose, was rarely used in poetry, even by female poets before her.
Parveen Shakir married a Pakistani doctor, Syed Naseer Ali, with whom she had a son, Syed Murad Ali — but the marriage did not last long and ended in a divorce.
Most of Shakir's ghazalyaat contain five to ten couplets, often – though not always – inter-related. Sometimes, two consecutive couplets may differ greatly in meaning and context [For example, in one of her works, the couplet 'That girl, like her home, perhaps/ Fell victim to the flood' is immediately followed by 'I see light when I think of you/ Perhaps remembrance has become the moon'].
Parveen Shakir's ghazalyaat heavily rely on metaphors and similes, which are repeatedly and thought-provokingly used to bring force and lyricism in her work. A fine example of this is seen in one of her most famous couplets, "Wo tou khushbu hai, hawaon main bikhar jaye ga/ Masla phool ka hai, phool kidher jayega?" [Translation: He is fragrance and would waft in the air/ the trouble lies with the flower – where shall the flower go?] where Shakir relates 'fragrance' to an unfaithful lover, 'air' to the unfaithful person's secret loves, and 'flower' to the person being cheated. Other metaphors Shakir commonly uses are titli [butterfly] for a Romeo, badal [cloud] for one's love, baarish [rain] for affection, and andhi [storm] for difficulties.
Parveen Shakir is known for having employed the usage of pop culture references and English words and phrases, that have mixed up with Urdu, in her free verse – a practice that is both generally considered inappropriate, and criticised, in Urdu poetry. An example is the poem Departmental Store Mein [In a Departmental Store], which is named thus despite the fact that there the term 'departmental store' could easily have been substituted with its Urdu equivalent, and where words like 'natural pink,' 'hand lotion,' 'shade,' 'scent' and 'pack' are brought into use, and references made to cosmetics brands like, Pearl, Revlon, Elizabeth Arden, and Tulip. Other examples are her poems Ecstasy, Nun and Picnic.
In 2013, Pakistan Post Office issued a commemorative postage stamp of Rupees 10 denomination to honor her on Parveen Shakir's 19th death anniversary.
The first substantial selection of Shakir's work translated into English was made by the poet Rehan Qayoom in 2011.
Parveen died in 1994 in a car accident while on her way to work.
On 26 December 1994, Parveen's car collided with a bus while she was on her way to work in Islamabad. The accident resulted in her death, a great loss to the Urdu poetry world.
She was a teacher for nine years before she joined the Civil service of Pakistan and worked in the Customs Department. In 1986 she was appointed the second secretary, Federal Board of Revenue (old name Central Board of Revenue) in Islamabad, Pakistan.
In 1982, Shakir qualified for the Central Superior Services (CSS) Examination. In 1991, she obtained an MA degree in Public Administration from Harvard University.
Parveen Shakir published her first volume of poetry, Khushbu [Fragrance], to great acclaim, in 1976. She subsequently published other volumes of poetry – all well-received – Sad-barg [Marsh Marigold] in 1980, Khud Kalami [Talking To Oneself] and Inkaar [Denial] in 1990, and Kaf-e-Aina [The Mirror's Edge]. She also published a collection of her newspaper columns, titled Gosha-e-Chashm [Corner of the Eye], and was awarded one of Pakistan's highest honours, the Pride of Performance for her outstanding contribution to literature in 1976. The poetry books are collected in the volume of the Mah-e-Tamaam [Full Moon] with the exception of Kaf-e-Aina.
Shakir's first book, Khushboo, was awarded the Adamjee Literary Award in 1976. Later, she was awarded the Pride of Performance, one of Pakistan's highest honours in 1990.
Parveen Shakir or Parvin Shakir (Urdu: پروین شاکر ) (24 November 1952 – 26 December 1995) was an Urdu poet, teacher and a civil servant of the Government of Pakistan.
Parveen was born on 24 November 1952 in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.
