Mahmood Awan is a Punjabi Poet, writer, literary & cultural critic who loves to sing his poems. Awan is an award-winning author of three books of Punjabi poetry, Raat Samundar Khed (Katha, Lahore; 2002), Veeni Likhia Din (Sanjh, Lahore; 2012) and Sejal (Sanjh, Lahore; 2017). He also co-edited a bilingual, tri-scripted (Shahmukhi, Gurmukhi & English) book for Children “Fascinating Folktales of Punjab: Undivided Punjab Edition”.

Mahmood Awan is also a contributing writer for The News and Dawn, leading English dailies of Pakistan. I have appeared on number of TV and Radio channels inlcuding PTV & BBC. He graduated from the University of Engineering and Technology (UET) Lahore as an Electrical Engineer and currently lives & works in Dublin, Ireland.