Poets/Writers From London

British Urdu scholar and communist. Celebrated translator of Ghalib's poetry and prose.

Well-known and respected poet of both Urdu and English. He was also an essayist. His poetry earned him international recognition and acclaim.

Asad Amanat Ali was a famed ghazal and classical singer from Pakistan and the son of Amanat Ali Khan. He hailed from the Patiala Gharana of musicians.

Medical doctor / living in London.

Legendary English poet of the second generation of Romantic poets.

A great scholar of poetry and prose in Urdu and Persian. Retired university lecturer.

One of the prominent poets who infused modern ghazal with a fresh sense of feeling and imaginative power.

Popular Pakistani poet, known for his romantic poems and ghazals.

A poet known for his nauhas and poems on the Karbala.

A people's poet with progressive leanings also served as the president of the Progressive Writers Association of the UK.

Prominent poet, story writer, and translator wrote books on issues in science and translated several books from other literature of the world.

Renowned Urdu fiction writer, novelist, and one of the pioneers of the Progressive Writers’ Movement in the subcontinent.