Anwar Masood (Urdu: انورمسعود‎) is a Pakistani poet best known for his humorous poetry, however, his works include other genres as well. He writes in Punjabi, Urdu and Persian languages. He was born on 8th November 1935 in Gujrat and got his education in Lahore and then in Gujrat where his family moved back after some years in Lahore. He opted in Medical Sciences at first but quit science and migrated into Arts and received Bachelor of Arts degree with distinction from Zamindar College Gujrat. He was the editor of college's magazine Shaheen. Due to financial troubles he quit education for some time and began teaching in Government Islamia High School, Kunjah where he underwent the experience described in his famous poem 'ambri'. He then continued education and got admission in Oriental College Lahore where he obtained Master's degree in Persian language in 1962 and got a gold medal. He met his soul mate in Persian classes and got married in 1965. He has been teaching as a lecturer in different colleges in Punjab since 1962 and got retired in 1996. He was also the visiting faculty of Government College University, Lahore. He was given Pride of Performance award by Government of Pakistan on 23 March 2000. So far he has written 15 books in total in Urdu and Punjabi. His books along with first published year are as follows: میلہ اکھیاں دا (پنجابی کلام) 1974ء قطعہ کلامی (اردو کلام) 1988ء فارسی ادب کے چند گوشے (تحقیقی و تنقیدی مقالات) 1993ء غنچہ پھر لگا کھلنے (اردو طنزیہ و مزاحیہ کلام) 1996ء ہُن کیہ کریئے؟ (پنجابی کلام) 1996ء تقریب (تعارفی مضامین۔ اردو) 1997ء اِک دریچہ اِک چراغ (سنجیدہ اردو شاعری) 2000ء شاخِ تبسم (مزاحیہ شاعری کا سنجیدہ مطالعہ) 2000ء میلی میلی دھوپ (اردو پنجابی سنجیدہ/مزاحیہ شاعری) 2002ء درپیش(اردو مزاحیہ شاعری) 2005ء بات سے بات (ہلکے پھلکے مضامین) 2007ء روز بروز (مزاحیہ قطعات) 2010ء سیف الملوک (اردو نثری ترجمہ) 2011ء باریاب (نعتیہ شاعری) 2012ء صدیقہ انور کے نام (خطوط) 2014ء