Yasmeen Hameed

Yasmeen Hameed is a Pakistani Urdu poet, translator and educator.

Career Yasmeen Hameed has more than thirty years of experience in the fields of education, literature and art. She was the Founding Director of Gurmani Centre for South Asian Languages and Literature, in the Social Sciences Department at the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) where she worked from 2007 to August 2016.

She has interviewed a number of renowned Pakistani literary personalities on Pakistani television and has participated widely in poetry symposia at national and international levels.

She has written scripts in English for cultural/fashion shows sponsored by the Government of Pakistan, performed in London in 1995 and Washington in 1996 and in the Cricket World Cup Cultural Festival in Pakistan in 1996. She has also contributed a monthly column to the "Books & Authors" supplement of Dawn newspaper.

Education M. Sc.: Nutrition Punjab University – Lahore (1972) B. Sc.: Home Economics- Home Economics College Punjab University – Lahore (1970)

Original works Yasmeen Hameed has published five books of poetry in Urdu: Title Year Published Pages Pas-e-Aina 1988 160 Hisar-e-be-Dar-o-Deevar 1991 160 Aadha Din aur Aadhi Raat 1996 237 Fana bhi eik Saraab 2001 216 Doosri Zindagi (Collected poems, 1988–2001) 2007 700

Awards for poetry and literature Pakistani Urdu Verse, UBL/Jang Literary Excellence Award (2012) Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Medal of Distinction) for Literature awarded by the Government of Pakistan in 2008 Fatima Jinnah Medal for Literature awarded by the Government of Punjab, Pakistan on International Women’s Day, 8 March 2006 Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi Award for Poetry (2001) for the collection, Fana bhi eik saraab Hijra Award for Hijra year 1417 (June 1996 – May 1997) Allama Iqbal Award for the collection, Aadha Din aur Aadhi Raat. Roll of Honour and Gold Medal from Punjab University, Lahore (1972)

Works to be published Contemporary Verse from Pakistan (English) Fifth collection of poetry (Urdu) titled Bay- samar pairhon ki khwahish.