Ehsan Danish

Ehsan Danish (Urdu: احسان دانش‎ – Eḥsān Dāniš, 1914 – 22 March 1982), born Ehsan-ul-Haq (Urdu: احسان اُلحق‎ – Eḥsānu l-Ḥaq), was a prominent Urdu poet and scholar from Pakistan. At the beginning of his career his poetry was very romantic but later he wrote his poems more for the labourers and came to be called "Šāʿir-e Mazdūr" (Poet of the workmen) by his audience. His poetry inspired the common people's feelings and he has been compared with Josh Malihabadi. He holds the unique position as one of the best poets of all times, with fine, romantic and revolutionary, but simple style of poetry.