Samina Raja

About

Pakistani Urdu-language poet, author, translator, and editor whose best-known works include Aur Wisal, Dil e Laila, and Parikhana.

Before Fame

She studied Urdu literature at Punjab University. She began writing poetry in the early 1970s.

Trivia

She worked as a broadcaster for a Pakistani television program called "Urdu Adab Mein Aurat Ka Kirdar" ("The Role of Women in Urdu Literature").

Family Life

She had three sons: Daniall, Ehed, and Jeehad. She died of cancer at the age of fifty-one.

Associated With

She and Ehsan Sehgal were both Urdu-language poets.