Modern · Pioneering prose and poetry
Rahat Zakheli
راحت زاخیلي
A poet, journalist, translator, and pioneer of modern Pashto prose who also produced two poetry collections.
Life and work
Introduction
Sayyid Rahatullah Rahat Zakheli was a poet, writer, and journalist born in Azakhel Bala, Nowshera, in 1883. He played an important role in publishing the Pashto weekly Afghan from 1911.
Rahat holds a pioneering place in the development of the Pashto novel, short story, journalism, and translation. He also produced two poetry collections and rendered Iqbal's Shikwa and Jawab-e-Shikwa into Pashto verse.
A founder of modern Pashto prose and journalism and an early representative of realist poetry.
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