Harris Khalique

Harris Khalique (Urdu: حارث خلیق‎‎; born 20 October 1966) is a Pakistani poet in Urdu and English, essayist, columnist, and civil society activist. Khalique has authored eight collections of verse poetry, as well as a book of creative non-fiction.

Harris Khalique
Born(1966-10-20)October 20, 1966
Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
CitizenshipPakistani
Known forPoetry, writing

In 2013, he was awarded the UBL Literary Excellence Award in the category of Urdu poetry for his verse collection of Melay Mein. In March 2018, he received the Pride of Performance award from Pakistan's president as an acknowledgement of his contributions to Pakistani poetry.[1]

Career

Harris is currently the leader of the "AAWAZ – Voice and Accountability Programme", a project of Development Alternatives Incorporated (DAI) which is a private development company focusing on the rights of women and excluded groups in Pakistan.[2]

Literary career

In 2004, he published a collection of English poetry Between You and Your Love, which was revised in 2014. In 2013, he won the UBL Literary Excellence Award in the category of Urdu poetry for his collection of the verse Melay Mein.[3]

In 2015, he participated in the International Writing Program's Fall Residency at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, United States.[3]

Poetry collections
  • Melay Mein (Urdu, 2012). ISBN 978-969-419-044-0
  • Ishq Ki Taqveem Mein (Urdu, 2006). ISBN 969-419-023-1
  • Between you and your love (English, 2004, Revised and Expanded, 2012)
  • Purani Numaish (Urdu, 2001)
  • Saray Kaam Zaroori Thay (Urdu, 1997). ISBN 969-441-019-3
  • Divan (English, 1998)
  • Saray Kaam Zaroori Thay (Urdu, 1997)
  • If wishes were horses (English, 1996)
  • Aaj Jab Hui Baarish (Urdu, 1991)

Essay collections
  • Crimson Papers: Reflections on Struggle, Suffering and Creativity in Pakistan (English, 2017)[4]

Non-fiction
  • Unfinished Histories (co-written, English, 2002). ISBN 969-516-065-4

Monographs
  • The Latent Transformation: Challenges, Resilience and Successes of Pakistani Women (2011)
  • Pakistan Mein Syasi Tabdeeli Ki Simt (Co-written, Urdu, 2007)
  • Pakistan: The Question of Identity (2003)

Anthologies where some work appeared
  • Dragonfly in the Sun – 50 years of Pakistani writing in English. Oxford University Press, 1997. ISBN 978-0195778489
  • The Poetry of Men’s Lives, The University of Georgia Press. 2004. ISBN 978-0820326498
  • Language for a New Century. W.W. Norton and Co., 2008. ISBN 978-0820326498
  • Pakistani Urdu Verse. Oxford University Press, 2010. ISBN 978-0195478914
  • Windows on the World – 50 writers, 50 views. Penguin US, 2014. ISBN 978-1594205545

Personal life

Khalique's paternal ancestors were Kashmiris[5] who had converted to Islam and settled in Lucknow, adopting its local Awadhi culture.[4] His maternal ancestors were Punjabis from Amritsar before the partition in 1947. He credits his diverse background as having a significant impact on his upbringing and beliefs.[4] He currently lives in Islamabad.[4]

References
  1. "President Mamnoon confers civil, military awards on Pakistan Day (complete list)". Daily Pakistan Global. Retrieved 2018-03-26.
  2. "Harris Khalique". Development Alternatives Incorporated. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
  3. "2015 Resident Participants". The International Writing Program. 2015. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  4. Khalique, Harris. "The Burden of Belonging". International Writing Program. Archived from the original on 1 July 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
  5. "Partition's unresolved business". The Hindu. 6 October 2002. Retrieved 1 June 2020. Harris Khalique, a Kashmiri, talks of what this has meant to him.
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