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| Born | Anwar Sajjad (1935-05-27)27 May 1935 Lahore,Punjab,British India |
| Died | 6 June 2019(2019-06-06) (aged 84) Lahore,Punjab,Pakistan |
Anwar Sajjad, more commonly known asEnver Sajjad (27 May 1935 – 6 June 2019) was a Pakistani playwright and fiction writer. Because he was a novelist, playwright, actor, director, producer, voice-over artist, columnist, painter, dancer and physician,[1] he has been described as apolymath.[2][3]
He was born in 1935 inLahore. Sajjad completed his higher studies in medicine fromKing Edward Medical College before heading out to theUniversity of Liverpool for a Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.[4] He was a medical doctor by profession.[5]
He began to write in the 1950s, when he was still a teenager.[6]
Anwar Sajjad was also atelevision actor who starred in a number ofPTV productions and was also nominated for aPTV award for his performance in drama serialSaba aur Samandar. He was also an active member of the Lahore circle of literary figures and artists and had also chaired thePakistan Arts Council, Lahore in the past.[4]
Anwar Sajjad had also worked for, before his death, theNational Academy of Performing Arts. He quit this job due to his illness and other personal reasons.[4]
In the early days of television, after its introduction in Pakistan in 1964, it was the Pakistani television pioneerAslam Azhar who persuaded writers likeAshfaq Ahmed,Bano Qudsia and Anwar Sajjad to write for television.[7]
His notable works of published fiction include:
He wrote a number of plays forPakistani television including:
He also wrote and directed Theatre Plays
Anwar Sajjad died on 6 June 2019 at Lahore, Pakistan at age 84. Among the survivors are his wife and a daughter.[5][4]
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