Malang Jan

Life and work

Introduction

Malang Jan was a popular twentieth-century Afghan Pashto poet. Raised in Nangarhar, his work stayed close to everyday speech, national feeling, and ordinary experience.

Many of his poems circulated as songs, and he also worked with Pashto music at Kabul Radio. His poetry was later collected in editions of Khwage Naghme.

One of the best-known voices of modern popular and song-based Pashto poetry.

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