Khatir Afridi

Khatir Afridi (His original name is Misri Khan) (Pashto: خاطر اپریدی ‎) (1929 – August 24, 1968) was a Pashto language poet from Pakistan. He died at age 39 but left behind a son who and his cousin compiled his father's work into a volume.[1][2][3]

Place of birth: Zakha Khel tribe in Saddu Khel village of Khyber agency. He was a gardener by profession in a nearby high school (now a F.C. fort). He never went to school for formal education.

Poetry: Initially, he wrote number of songs and got fame all around the Pashtun belt in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Afterwards, he became a member of the poetry society where he got guidance from Hamza Shinwari and Nazir Shinwari, (both are the famous Pashto poets). Afterwards he got a high place in Pashto Ghazal writing that even Hamza Shinwari went on to praise this young poet. He got a high level of discipline in Ghazal writing and still alive in the Pashtun literature. He fought hard with the Tuberculosis for ten years and died at the age of 39.

References
  1. "Decades of violence: The unbearable lightness of peace - The Express Tribune". 14 July 2014.
  2. "The written word: Sale of Pashto poetry books rockets in 2015 - The Express Tribune". 30 December 2015.
  3. Report, Bureau (19 January 2016). "Pashto folksinger Gluab Sher passes away".


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