Mudassar Bashir

Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan

Mudassar Bashir is a seasoned journalist, historian, poet, and novelist. Among his best-known books are ‘Lahore di Vaar,’ a cultural history of Lahore, ‘Kan Waghay Border,’ a collection of short stories, ‘Samay’ a novel, and the 2019 Dhahan Prize finalist ‘Kaun’ (‘Who’).

He always held a childhood passion for writing stories. In 1999 he was inspired by the famous writer and critic, Najam Hussain Syed, to write in his mother language, Punjabi. Bashir is the recipient of the Masud Khadarposh Award and the Shafqat Tanveer Mirza Award given by the Punjab Institute of Language, Art, and Culture.