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Dr. Kanwal Feroze is a Pakistani scholar, poet, writer and journalist. He was born in 1938 in Ferozpur, India and migrated to Sargodha, Pakistan in 1958. He moved to Lahore in 1969 and has since been playing an important role in the literary activities of the city.
He is the Chief Editor of the monthly Urdu language journal Shadaab. An independent, socio-political and literary magazine, specialising in minority issues and promoting inter-religious peace and harmony since 1969.
He has a Ph.D. in Community Journalism from the Pan American University in Illinois , USA.
In February 2005 he was honoured by the Pakistan Academy of Letters.
In 2009 he was awarded the Tamgha-i-Imtiaz (President's Medal of Excellence) in Literature by the Government of Pakistan.
His poetry has been published in four volumes:
“Shahar-e- Saleeb-o-Gul” – 1967
“Shaakh-e-Shab-e-Wisaal” - 1992
“Shaam-e-Firat-e-Dil” - 2002
“Shafaq-e-Subh-e-Ghazal” - 2009
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