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Name: Faiz  
   
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Date of Birth: 13th February 1911
   
Place of Birth: Sialkot, Punjab
   
Profession: Writer
 
 
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Faiz Ahmed Faiz (فيض ١حمد فيض)(January 7, 1910 - 1984), is considered by many to be a poet in the great tradition of Urdu poets like Ghalib and Iqbal. He was born in Sialkot, in the Punjab in pre-independence India (in what is now Pakistan). He remained on the Pakistani side of the partition of 1947 and subsequently died in Lahore. Faiz was a member of the Anjuman Tarraqi Pasand Mussanafin-e-Hind (Progressive Writers' Movement) and an avowed Marxist. In 1962 he was awarded the Lenin Peace Prize by the Soviet Union.

In the 1930s Faiz Ahmed Faiz married Alys Faiz. They had two daughters. Alys Faiz's influence on Faiz's life and poetry is reputed to have been great.

Life

Birth

He was born in Sialkot on 13th Februaury, 1911 in the province of Punjab in what was then India.

Father

His father's name was Khan Bahadur Sultan Muhammad Khan. He was a barrister.

Earlier Studies

His early religious studies were at Masjid (Mosque) Maulvi Muhammad Ibrahim Mir Sialkoti. He went to Skotch Mission High School also in Sialkot. He did his intermediate from Murray College Sialkot. His Main teachers include ShamsUlUllamah Syed Mir Hasan (Arabic), Professor Yousuf Saleem Chishti (Urdu).

Higher Education

He did MA (Master of Arts) in English Literature from Gov. College Lahore. MA in Arabic literature from Oriental College Lahore.

Teachers

Ahmed Shah Putras Bukhari, Sufi Ghulam Mustafa Tabbassum, Moulvi Mohammad Shafi.

Teachers of Literature

Doctor Taaseer, Maulana Abdul Majeed Salik, Maulana Chiragh Hasan Hasrat, Pandit Hari Chand Akhtar.

He started a branch of Anjuman Tarraqi Pasand Mussanafin-e-Hind in Punjab in 1936. Also he was a Member and Secretary of this branch. He was also an Editor of Mahanama (Monthly) Adab-e-Lateef (1938-1942 AD).

Publications

  • Naqshe Faryadi, 1941
  • Daste Saba, 1953
  • Zindan Nama, 1956
  • Mizan, a collection of literary articles, 1956
  • Daste-Tahe-Sang, 1965
  • Sare-Wadiye Seena, 1971
  • Shame-Shehr Yaran, 1979
  • Merey Dil Merey Musafar, 1981
  • Nuskha-Hai-Wafa, 1984
  • Pakistani Culture, (Urdu and English)

Awards

The real award for a poet is the love and appreciation of his fans. Faiz stands among those who enjoy both at one and the same time. Besides he was awarded the Lenin Peace Prize in 1963, as the first Asian poet. He recorded for the Library of Congress in 1977 which has fifty two works by him .

Before his death in 1984 he was also nominated for the award of Nobel Prize.

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