Asif Farrukhi

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Asif Aslam Farrukhi
آصف اسلم فرخی
Asif Farrukhi at Habib University
Born
Asif Aslam Farrukhi

(1959-09-16)16 September 1959
Died1 June 2020(2020-06-01) (aged 60)
Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
NationalityPakistani
Alma materDow University
Harvard University[1]
Occupation(s)Writer and Physician
Parent(s)Aslam Farrukhi
اسلم فرخی
Awards1995 Prime Minister's award for literature
Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Medal of Excellence) by the President of Pakistan in 2006

Asif Aslam Farrukhi (Urdu: آصف اسلم فرخی) was a Pakistani writer and editor who was a physician by training.[2] He translated books from English into Urdu. He edited and compiled anthologies of Pakistani writers. He also wrote for Dawn and other newspapers, and periodicals on literature. He received the Tamgha-e-Imtiaz, the fourth highest civilian honour of Pakistan.[3]

Education

Asif Farrukhi was educated first at Saint Patrick's High School, Karachi and later studied medicine at Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi and public health at Harvard University, United States. His professor and writer father Aslam Farrukhi and family background led him to contribute to literature in Pakistan.[1]

Career

Asif Farrukhi has published six collections of short stories and two collections of literary criticisms. He also edited and published a literary miscellany in Urdu called "Duniyazad". He is the son of Aslam Farrukhi.[2]

From 1985 to 1993, he worked on the faculty of the Aga Khan University under the supervision of the public health pioneer Prof. John H. Bryant.[1]

In 2010, he collaborated with Oxford University Press, and the British Council to found the Karachi Literature Festival, and he is one of the founders of it.[4][1]

From 1994 to 2014, Farrukhi was associated with UNICEF, Karachi, as the Health and Nutrition programme Officer.[1]

In 2014, he joined Habib University, where he was Associate Professor and Director of the Arzu Center for Regional Languages & Humanities. In 2016, he became Interim Dean & Associate Professor at School of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences of Habib University.[1][5]

Awards

Death

Asif Farrukhi died in Karachi due to severe illness caused by food poisoning according to his personal physician, he will be buried in the cemetery of Karachi University.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Saira Agha (30 August 2017). "Profile of Asif Farrukhi". Daily Times (newspaper). Retrieved 2 June 2020.
  2. ^ a b Hasan Abidi (12 June 2002). "Book on terrorism launched (scroll down to pick up this title)". Dawn (newspaper). Retrieved 2 June 2020.
  3. ^ a b "President confers 192 civilian awards". Dawn (newspaper). 14 August 2005. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 2 June 2020. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  4. ^ The power of words: City gears up for 5th annual Karachi Literature Festival The Express Tribune (newspaper), Published 24 December 2013, Retrieved 2 June 2020
  5. ^ "Fiction writer, critic, co-founder of KLF Asif Farrukhi is no more". The News International (newspaper). Retrieved 2 June 2020.
  6. ^ "Asif Farrukhi Pakistani Acclaimed writer passes away at 60". EMEA Tribune website. 2 June 2020. Retrieved 2 June 2020.

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