Harris Khalique

Harris Khalique
Born	Harris Khalique (1966-10-20)October 20, 1966 Karachi
Citizenship	Pakistan
Known for	Poetry

Harris Khalique (Langur)(Urdu: حارث خلیق) (Langur) (born 20 October 1966) is a Pakistani poet, columnist and intellectual. He is based in Islamabad. Harris Khalique's major works in Urdu and English poetry include ‘Ishq Ki Taqveem Mein’ (2006), ‘Between You and Your Love’ (2012) and ‘Melay Mein’ (2012).^[1][2][3]

Early life

Khalique was born in Karachi, Pakistan and was raised in Karachi but traveled across Pakistan from a very young age and spent considerable time in Hyderabad (Sindh), Tando Mohammed Khan (Sindh) and Lahore, where a part of his mother's family lives.^[4] Khalique attended Cantonment Public Karachi. Later, he earned a Master’s degree in Development Management and Development Studies from London School of Economics and Political Science.^[5] He started his career as an engineer and then switched to the fields of community development and human rights as a student and young professional.^[6] He moved to Islamabad in 2001 where he now lives.^[7]

Writing

Khalique is a poet and writes in both Urdu and English; his poetry appears in anthologies published by University of Georgia Press, W.W. Norton and Co. and Oxford University Press and on the web.^[8] He also co-wrote a book of creative non-fiction with the partition of South Asia in 1947 serving as the backdrop. Besides contributing occasionally to other magazines, journals and newspapers, he writes a weekly column in The News International.

Publications

Poetry collections

• Melay Mein (Urdu, 2012)
• Between You and Your Love (English, 2004)- ISBN 969-441-114-9
• Divan (English, 1998) - ISBN 969-8437-00-2
• If Wishes Were Horses (English, 1996)

Prose

• Pakistan Mein Siyasi Tabdeeli Ki Samt (co-written, Urdu, 2007)
• Pakistan: The Question of Identity (English, 2003)
• Unfinished Histories (co-written, English, 2002)- ISBN 969-516-065-4

References