Birth Cenetenary of the Veteran Poet across the boundaries

Faiz Ahmad Faiz

Born

13 February 1911, Kala Kader, Sialkot, Punjab (Undivided India)
Died

20 November 1984 (aged 73), Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Pen name

Faiz
Occupation

Urdu poet, Journalist
Nationality

Pakistan
Ethnicity

Punjabi
Citizenship

Pakistan
Education

M.A. in English Literature
Alma mater

Government College Lahore
Genres

Ghazal, Nazm
Literary movement

Progressive Writers' Movement (Secretary , Punjab, 1936)
Notable Work(s)

Naqsh-e-Faryadi (1943), Dast-e-Sabah (1952), Zindan-nama (1956),

Dast-e-Tah-e-Sang (1965)
Notable award(s)

MBE, 1946, Lenin Peace Prize (1963,1st Asian Poet) The Peace Prize (Pakistani Human Rights Society), The Avicenna Award (posth।),Nigar Awards, Nishan-e-Imtiaz (Pakistan's Highest Civilian Award), posthumous in 1990,

Pablo Neruda, Nelson Mandella,Bertolt Brecht,Fidel Castro, W.B.Du Bois, Linus Pauling,

Recorded for library of congress in 1977, Nominated for Noble Prize in 1984 before death

Spouse(s)

Alys Faiz, Married in 1930,A British Woman
Children

Salima (b. 1942, Eminent Artist, married with Shoaib Hasmi)

Moneeza (b. 1945, TV Producer, married with Humair Hasmi)

Influences
Dr.Allama Iqbal , Karl Marx, Syed Mir Hasan,Yousuf Saleem Chishti
Influenced
Urdu poetry, Ibn-e-Insha

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