"Afzal Ahmed Syed (\u0627\u0641\u0636\u0627\u0644 \u0627\u062D\u0645\u062F \u0633\u064A\u062F) is a contemporary Urdu poet and translator, known for his mastery of both classical and modern Urdu poetic expression. Born in Ghazipur, India, in 1946, Afzal Ahmed Syed has lived since 1976 in Karachi, Pakistan, where he worked as an entomologist until his retirement in 2005. He is the author of the modern nazm collections \u0686\u06BE\u064A\u0646\u06CC \u06C1\u0648\u0626 \u062A\u0627\u0631\u064A\u062E (An Arrogated Past, 1984), \u062F\u0648 \u0632\u0628\u0627\u0646\u0648\u06BA \u0645\u064A\u06BA \u0633\u0632\u0627\u06D3 \u0645\u0648\u062A (Death Sentence in Two Languages, 1990), and \u0631\u0648\u06A9\u0648\u06A9\u0648 \u0627\u0648\u0631 \u062F\u0648\u0633\u0631\u06CC \u062F\u0646\u064A\u0627\u0626\u064A\u06BA (Rococo and Other Worlds, 2000). Another collection of classical ghazals is titled \u062E\u064A\u0645\u06C1\u064F \u0633\u064A\u0627\u06C1 (The Dark Pavilion, 1988). Syed\u2019s poetry was anthologized in An Evening of Caged Beasts: Seven Postmodernist Urdu Poets (New York: OUP, 1999). The Wesleyan University Press Poetry Series has published a selection of Syed's poetry in translation, titled Rococo and Other Worlds in 2010, which features poetry from his three Urdu nazm collections. Syed has translated a wide and important body of works by contemporary poets, playwrights and novelists. He was the one of the first Urdu translators of Gabriel Garc\u00EDa M\u00E1rquez and Jean Genet. His work has been widely published in leading Urdu literary periodicals such as Shabkhoon, Aaj, and Dunyazad. He currently teaches at Habib University."@en . . . . . . . . . . . . "Afzal Ahmed Syed (\u0627\u0641\u0636\u0627\u0644 \u0627\u062D\u0645\u062F \u0633\u064A\u062F) is a contemporary Urdu poet and translator, known for his mastery of both classical and modern Urdu poetic expression. Born in Ghazipur, India, in 1946, Afzal Ahmed Syed has lived since 1976 in Karachi, Pakistan, where he worked as an entomologist until his retirement in 2005. He is the author of the modern nazm collections \u0686\u06BE\u064A\u0646\u06CC \u06C1\u0648\u0626 \u062A\u0627\u0631\u064A\u062E (An Arrogated Past, 1984), \u062F\u0648 \u0632\u0628\u0627\u0646\u0648\u06BA \u0645\u064A\u06BA \u0633\u0632\u0627\u06D3 \u0645\u0648\u062A (Death Sentence in Two Languages, 1990), and \u0631\u0648\u06A9\u0648\u06A9\u0648 \u0627\u0648\u0631 \u062F\u0648\u0633\u0631\u06CC \u062F\u0646\u064A\u0627\u0626\u064A\u06BA (Rococo and Other Worlds, 2000). Another collection of classical ghazals is titled \u062E\u064A\u0645\u06C1\u064F \u0633\u064A\u0627\u06C1 (The Dark Pavilion, 1988)."@en . . . . . "1091596819"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "35382739"^^ . . . . . . . "3328"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Afzal Ahmed Syed"@en . . . . . . . . . . .