Nationality Afghan Name Pir Karwan Occupation Drama writer | Citizenship Afghanistan Ethnicity Pashtun | |
Known for Poetry and short stories | ||
Pir Mohammad Karwan (Pashto: پیر محمد کاروان) is a prominent and contemporary poet writing in the Pashto language.
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Fazal wahab dard ghani khan kalam pir mohammad karwan
Academic life
Karwan has published four collections of poetry and two collections of short stories.
Poetry books:
Short stories:
Work life
Currently Karwan works with BBC's Afghan education drama project as a drama writer.
Karwan is one of the founding father of افغان ادبي بهير Afghan Literary Movement aimed at nurturing new generation of Afghan poets. The movement was founded in the late 1980s by the then refugee Afghan poets, Siddique Pasarly, Nisar Haris, Mustafa Salik and Pir Muhammad Karwan in Peshawar city. This non-profit movement has given birth to many inspiring poets and writers in this war-torn country. Currently the movement is operating from the Cinema Pamir building in Kabul. The movement has a principle stand not to accept any donations, funds etc. in a bid to secure its independence.
Translation
His poem Flower and Man has been translated into English by the Poetry Translation Centre.