Background
Hashmi, Aurangzeb Alamgir was born on November 15, 1951 in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. Son of Syed Sharif Ahmed and Nasim Akhter Hashmi.
author English language and literature educator
Hashmi, Aurangzeb Alamgir was born on November 15, 1951 in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. Son of Syed Sharif Ahmed and Nasim Akhter Hashmi.
Master of Arts, University Punjab, 1972. Master of Arts, University Louisville, 1977. Doctor of Letters, World Academy Arts and Culture, Luxembourg, 1984.
Instructor English Government College, Lahore, Pakistan, 1971—1972, tutor English as a 2d language, 1972—1973. Lecturer South Asian languages and literature University North Carolina, 1974—1975. Lecturer English Forman Christian College, Lahore, 1973—1974, University Louisville, 1975—1978, Open University, Zurich, since 1979.
Assistant professor English University Bahawalpur, 1979—1980. Research professor English and comparative literature Quaid i Azam University, Islamabad, since 1988. Visiting lecturer English University Zurich, since 1982.
Visiting professor English and comparative literature University Fribourg, since 1985. Visiting professor English literature Federal Government College for Men, Islamabad, 1986. Visiting professor American and African literature Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, 1986.
Associate professor English International Islamic University, Islamabad, 1985—1986. Professor, head department English University Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Muzaffarabad, 1986—1987. Visiting professor English and comparative literature University Iceland, 2000.
Course director Foreign Service Training Institute, Pakistan Ministry Foreign Affairs, Islamabad, since 1988. Member jury Neustadt International Prize for Literature, 1996. Advisor National Book Foundation, since 1993.
Judge Pakistan Academy Letters, since 1998. Sector warden Civil Defense, 1965-1966, Multan Cantonment.
(Previously published in various reputed Pakistani and int...)
Founder The Townsend Poetry Prize, 1986. Founder-chairman standing international conference committee English in South Asia, since 1989. Judge Commonwealth Writers Prize, 1990.
Advisory National Book Council Pakistan, 1990—1995. Fellow: Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association, International Center Asian Studies. Member: Modern Language Association, Council National Lits., New York Academy of Sciences, Association Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies United Kingdom, Association Asian Studies, Associated Writing Programs, Poetry Society United Kingdom, International Association University Professors English.
Walking, cricket, music, movies.
Children: Aniq, Cyril, Celine.