Education
Kazmi was educated at Ambala, Simla and afterwards at Islamia College, Lahore.
Kazmi was educated at Ambala, Simla and afterwards at Islamia College, Lahore.
Nasir Kazmi used the simple words in his poetry like "Chand", "Raat", "Baarish", "Mausam", "Yaad", "Tanhai", "Darya" and gave them life by his style of poetry. After the creation of Pakistan in 1947, he came to Lahore. He did some journalistic work with Auraq-e-Nau as an editor and became editor-in-chief of the magazine Humayun in 1952.
Later he was associated with Radio Pakistan, Lahore and other literary publications and organisations.
Kazmi started his poetic life in 1940 by following the style of Akhtar Sherani and wrote romantic poems and sonnets. Later he began writing ghazals under the guidance of Hafeez Hoshyarpuri.
He was a great admirer of Mir Taqi Mir, and probably the melancholy and "Ehsaas-e-Mehroomi" in his poetry was a direct result of that admiration. His tutor in poetry was Hafeez Hoshyarpuri, who also used symbols from nature in his poems.
Nasir used to hum his poetic verses, and it was appealing to many of his readers and listeners.
He emigrated from Ambala, India to Lahore, Pakistan in August 1947. He also worked as a staff editor for Radio Pakistan. He was fond of eating, wandering, and enjoying life.
He was frequently thought of as a melancholic poet, though most of his poetry is based on romantic happiness and hope.
His last four books were published after his death as a result of stomach cancer in Lahore on 2 March 1972. A few days before his death, Kazmi said in a television interview.
"Horse riding, hunting, wandering in a village, walking along the river side, visiting mountains et cetera were my favourite pastimes and probably this was the time when my mind got nourishment for loving nature and getting close to the expression of poetry. All my hobbies are related with fine arts, like singing, poetry, hunting, chess, love of birds, love of trees.
I started writing poetry because I used to reflect that all the beautiful things, those I see and those in nature, are not in my hands, and they go away from medical
Few moments of time which dies, cannot be made alive. I think can come alive in poetry, that is why I (Nasir) started writing poetry!". Pakistan Post has released a commemorative postage stamp of Rs 15 denomination on the death anniversary (2 March, 2013) of Nasir Kazmi, the renowned Urdu poet.
Writing in both Urdu and English, he earned an Administration Member of the Order of the British Empire for services to poetry.
He is currently the Royal Literary Fund Fellow at the University of Chester. Nasir Kazmi died on 2 March 1972 in Lahore due to stomach cancer.
He is buried at Mominpura Graveyard, Lahore,Pakistan.