Khawar Rizvi, Pakistani poet and scholar (b. 1938)
Khawar Rizvi (1 June 1938 – 15 November 1981) was a poet and scholar of Urdu and Persian. His real name was Syed Sibte Hassan Rizvi. He adopted "Khawar" as his pen-name for writing poetry and essays. Khawar means in Persian "The East". Khawar was a great lover and admirer of East, eastern way of life and eastern values.