Background
Masood was born in Gujrat, but his family moved to Lahore in 1935.
Masood was born in Gujrat, but his family moved to Lahore in 1935.
Later his family moved back to Gujrat again and he studied in a public school in Gujrat. He also completed his secondary education there.
He writes in Punjabi, Urdu and Persian language. He got his basic education there. He received Bachelor of Arts degree from Government
Zamindar college Gujrat.
He obtained his master"s degree in Persian from Oriental College, Lahore in 1961 and got a gold medal. He began teaching in Government Islamia High School in Kunjah, Punjab.
He retired from the teaching profession in 1996. Masood is a multilingual poet of Urdu and Punjabi.
His most popular poetry is in Punjabi.
His poetry gives the message of the original and pure culture of Punjab. Masood is a unique Punjabi poet who is popular among the masses. The way he has described the different aspects of life in his poetry have never been described before.
Some of his poems are so popular that wherever he goes in the Punjab, people like to listen to them again and again.
The most popular among them are Anar Kali Diyan Shanan, Aj Kee Pakaeay, Banyan, Juman Bazaar, Jehlum Dey Pul Tey, Ambri and many others.Anwar Masood has performed in many international communities and is popular worldwide.
He has been teaching as a lecturer and a professor in different colleges in Punjab from 1962 to 1996 and he was also a member of the visiting faculty of Government College University, Lahore in the renowned Department of Humanities.