Επιμέλεια: Εύα Πετροπούλου Λιανού
Dear friends,
It is to announce for all of our member and admins that, Dr. Perwaiz Shaharyar, a globally eminent poet, versatile writer, translator, editor and organizer from India, has been selected as the General Secretary of our group Poetry and Literature World Vision for the session of 2026-27. We earnestly hope his leadership will assist our group work to achieve global multicultural atmosphere.
Congratulations and best wishes to Dr. Perwaiz Shaharyar!
Dr. Perwaiz Shaharyar
New Delhi, INDIA
BIO DATA
Dr. Perwaiz Shaharyar is a Consultant Editor (Urdu) in National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), Ministry of Education, Government of India. He had been Principal Publication Officer in National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language in 2007. He has been, a member of Advisory Board of National Book Trust India.
He has been a Member of Advisory Board of National Book Trust India, several times Jury Member of Awards Committee of Sahitya Akademi New Delhi and a Jury Member of International Doha Qatar Award Committee of India and nominated Member of Management Committee of Skill Development of Teachers Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India.
He is a Multilingual (English, Hindi and Urdu) famous poet, short story writer and critic from India. He is a Graduate with English Honors from Ranchi University. He has topped Jawaharlal Nehru University in Masters with Literature. He was awarded Doctor of Philosophy for his Research Work from University of Delhi. He is a Post Graduate Diploma holder in Calligraphy, Mass Media and in Book Publishing with Specialization in Editing.
Dr. Perwaiz Shaharyar has begun writing his poems in English since lockdown in the period of Pandemic COVID-19. He has written around 150 poems, participated in many worldwide online poets meets and published in various international anthologies, so far. His more than two dozen poems have been translated by many award winning litterateurs in Polish, Indonesian, Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Russian, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese and Albania languages. His poems are being published in several magazines within country and abroad. His poem ‘The Burning Boat’ contains mystic (Sufism) and metaphysical elements.
He has bagged many States and National Awards and accolades for his literary works. His around 200 articles and research papers have been published in reputed national and international literary journals and periodicals. He has total 22 published books, 3 each of collections of short stories and collections of poems, 5 books of criticism and 4 books of translation from other languages in his credential. His one children story book has been published by a premier organization National Book Trust, India. He has translated 12 books of Children’s Literature in Workshop mode for NBT, India, so far. His 2 books on children’s stories were published from most prestigious publication houses of India.
Furthermore, his anthology of 40 selected poems entitle “The Burning Boat” was published in November 2025, which is available on Amazon.
