Ifti Nasim, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Ifti Nasim

poet

Date of Birth: 01-Jan-0001

Place of Birth: Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan

Date of Death: 22-Jul-2011

Profession: poet

Nationality: India

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Ifti Nasim

  • Ifti Nasim (1946 – July 22, 2011) was a gay Pakistani American poet.
  • Having moved to the United States to escape persecution for his sexual orientation, he became known locally for establishing Sangat, an organization to support LGBT south-Asian youths, and internationally for publishing Narman, a poetry collection that was the first open expression of homosexual themes in the Urdu language.
  • Nasim was inducted into the Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame in 1996.

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