Faiz Ahmed Faiz

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Faiz Ahmed Faiz

Faiz Ahmed Faiz (also Faiz Ahmad Faiz ; born February 13, 1911 in Punjab , British India ; † November 20, 1984 in Lahaur , Pakistan ) was a Urdu poet. His poetry is characterized by its relation to current social and political issues.

Faiz was born on February 13, 1911 in the village of Kala Qadir near the town of Narowal . He earned masters degrees in English and Arabic literature and turned to the Punjab writing movement in the 1930s . He was the monthly magazine Mahanama (1938-1942) and worked as a college lecturer in Amritsar and Lahaur . From 1942 to 1947 he served in the British Indian Army . After the partition of India , he decided to live in Pakistan. He was the editor of several magazines, for example the monthly magazine Adabe-Latif (1947-1958), and was the first chief editor of thePakistan Times .

Starting in 1951, Faiz spent four years in prison for being convicted in mid-1951 in connection with an unsuccessful conspiracy against Liaquat Ali Khan . During this time his two works Dast-e-Saba (1953) and Zindanama (1956) were created, which made him known as a poet. Faiz was a staunch communist and used his position on the left-wing Pakistan Times to spread communist ideas in Pakistan. Faiz was a member of the World Peace Council and in 1959 he became secretary of the Pakistan Arts Council and worked in this cultural function until 1962. In the same year he was the first Asian author to be awarded the Lenin Peace Prize.

After the military coup of Zia-ul-Haq Faiz went in 1979 into exile in Beirut and worked for the literary magazine Lotus . In 1982 he returned to Pakistan.

Works (selection)

  • Naqsh-e-Faryadi (1941)
  • Dast-e-Saba (poems, 1953)
  • Zindanama (poems, 1956)
  • Mizan (essays, 1965)
  • Dast Tah-e-Sang (1965)
  • Sar-e-Wadi-e-Seena (1971)
  • Mata-e-lauh o qalam (essays, 1973)
  • Rat Di Rat (Poems, Punjabi , 1975)
  • Sham-e-Shehr-e-Yaran (1979)
  • Merey Dil Merey Musafar (1981)
  • Nuskha-Hai-Wafa (1984)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Gerhard Steiner (ed.): Meyers Taschenlexikon Fremdsprachige writers . 3rd edition, Leipzig 1980
  2. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20090926135654/http://www.dawn.com/weekly/herald/herald53.htm

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personal data
SURNAME Faiz, Faiz Ahmed
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Faiz, Faiz Ahmad
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Pakistani Urdu poet
DATE OF BIRTH February 13, 1911
PLACE OF BIRTH Punjab , British India
DATE OF DEATH November 20, 1984
Place of death Lahaur , Pakistan