Noon Meem Rashid
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Nazar Mohammed Rashid (Urdu: نذر محمد راشد) (b. 1910 – October 9, 1975), commonly known as Noon Meem Rashid (Urdu: ن۔ م۔ راشد) or N.M. Rashid, was an influential Pakistani poet of modern Urdu poetry. He was born in Gujranwala, Punjab, and did his masters in economics from the Government College Lahore. He served for the UN and remained in many countries. He retired to England in 1973 and died in a London hospital in 1975. His first book of free verse, Mavra, was published in 1940 and established him as a pioneering figure in free form Urdu poetry.
- Mavra
- Iran Main Ajnabi
- La Musawi Insan
- Guman ka Mumkin
- Biography at urdu.net
- Translation of the poem Raqs
- Gilani Kamran (January, 2002). Pakistani Literature - Evolution & trends. the-south-asian.com. Retrieved on February 28, 2005.