Poet & writer
Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi
ਅਹਿਮਦ ਨਦੀਮ ਕਾਸਮੀاحمد ندیم قاسمی
Urdu poet and short-story writer of the Punjab village, born in the Soon valley of the Salt Range.
Qasmi was born at Anga, in the Soon valley of Khushab district. His short stories brought the farmers, potters and soldiers of the western Punjab into Urdu literature with tenderness and anger, and his poetry spoke for the poor.
He edited the literary magazine Funoon in Lahore for decades and helped younger writers from both sides of the border.