Samina Raja is a renowned Pakistani poetess, writer, editor, translator, educationist and broadcaster. She writes in Urdu. She lives in Islamabad, Pakistan.
Samina Raja was born on 11 September 1966 in Bahawalpur, Pakistan. She has a Master’s degree in Urdu Literature from Punjab University Lahore. She started writing poetry in 1973 and has published twelve books of poetry, two Kulliat and one selection of her romantic poetry so far. She has written some books in Urdu prose and has edited and translated some valuable works of prose from English to Urdu.
Samina Raja joined the National Book Foundation as a consultant and editor of monthly Kitab in 1998. In 1998 she also joined monthly Aassar as an editor.
As a media person, she has been conducting All Pakistan Mushairas since 1995 on Pakistan Television (PTV). She also has presented a long series of a famous literary program Urdu Adab Mein Aurat Ka Kirdar “The Role of Woman in Urdu Literature” on PTV.
She started writing in 1976 and has published twelve collections of her poetry. Following are the titles of her published books with their meanings in chronological order.
Huweda [1995]
Shehr e saba [1997]
Aur Wisal [1998]
Khwabnaey [1998]
Bagh e Shab [1999]
Bazdeed [2000]
Haft Aasman [2001]
Parikhana [2002]
Adan Ke Rastey Par [2003]
Dil e Laila [2004]
Ishqabad [2006]
Hijr Nama [2008]
She also has published two Kulliat and one selection of her poetry,
Kita e Khwab [2004]
Kitab e Jan [2005]
Woh Sham Zara Si Gehri Thi [2005]
Samina Raja has also been the editor of four literary magazines
Mustaqbil [1991,1994]
Kitab [1998,2005]
Aasar [1998,2004]
Khwabgar [2008]
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