Ehsan Akbar

Dr Ehsan Akbar is a Lahore-based poet and prose writer in Urdu and an academic. With a PhD from Punjab University, he has taught Urdu at various colleges for thirty-nine years. He teaches Iqbal Studies at master’s level, as well as teaching at undergraduate level. A recipient of several literary awards, including Pride of Performance in 2014 and the International Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi Award in 2002, he has published five books, including both verse and prose.