Najm Hosain Syed

Najm Hosain Syed (born 1935) is a Pakistani writer of Punjabi language. He has written poetry and plays in the Punjabi language as well as literary criticism on Punjabi literature in his Recurrent Patterns in Punjabi Poetry. A well known Punjabi poem of his is Roz Mildiyan Di Ek Dujay Nu Kuno Kun Sunaye Achanba Gal.

Early life and career Najm Hosain Syed was born in 1936 in Batala, Punjab, British India and later moved to Lahore, Pakistan after the independence of Pakistan in 1947.

Najm Hosain Syed has mentored many writers and has been a source of guidance for many others interested in Punjabi literature. Najm Hosain Syed and his classical-music-singer wife Samina Syed (1944-2016) used to hold weekly gatherings or live music concerts at their home in Lahore for music enthusiasts called Sangat from the 1970s onwards until her death in 2016. Samina Syed had learned classical music from Ustad Chotay Ghulam Ali of Patiala Gharana. Bar di Var (1969)