M. D. Taseer
Urdu poet and literary critic (1902-1950)
Muhammad Din Taseer (28 February 1902 – 1 December 1950), also known as Deen Muhammad Taseer and popularly known as M. D. Taseer, was a Pakistani Urdu poet, writer, and literary critic. He is considered one of the pioneers of the progressive movement in Urdu literature.
Early life
M. D. Taseer was born in Ajnala, Amritsar district, Punjab, on 28 February 1902 to a family of Kashmiri ancestry. His father, a tribesman from kashmir named Mian Atta ud Din Taseer, died when he was a small child, and he was brought up by his uncle Mian Nizam ud Din Taseer in Lahore. He was a friend of Allama Iqbal since his childhood.
In 1933 Taseer started a literary journal called Karwan. After his M. A., while employed as an assistant professor in the University of Punjab, Lahore, he went to University of Cambridge for a PhD in English literature, with Iqbal's letter of recommendation. He reached London in 1933 and began his M. Litt. at Pembroke College, Cambridge. His research supervisor Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch asked the University Senate to allow him to work on his PhD without obtaining an M. Litt first.
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