The 23rd death anniversary of renowned dramatist, short-story writer and playwright Mirza Adeeb was observed here on Monday.
His birth name was Dilawer Hussain Ali but he came to be known in the literary world as Mirza Adeeb.
Today, various literary circles and forums paid tribute to Mirza Adeeb by organising sittings at Pak Tea House, Lahore Press Club and other places.
Talking to APP, PTV senior producer Agha Qaiser said that Mirza Adeeb was a legendry personality who wrote plays and short-stories in Urdu and Punjabi language which won him six prizes and awards from the Pakistan Writers Guild.
It may be mentioned here that Adeeb was awarded the Presidential Award for playwriting in 1969, Pride of Performance Award for literature in 1981 and his play, Pas-e Pardah won him the Adamji Adabi Award.
