FAIZ AHMED FAIZ13 February 1911 – 20 November 1984

By: Faseeh Ullah IrshadSec-H, PAC Lahore03327194130

Who Was He?

Revolutionary Poet

 Intellectual

Writer

Politician

FatherSultan

Muhammad

Son of His Youngest Wife

Barrister

Matric from Scotch Mission School

Inter from Murray College

Student of Mir Hassan at GCUMasters in Arabic From Punjab University

He was teaching poetry at GCU when he met AlysBoth Were Communist Shared Ideals of freedom and Love for Humanity

Faiz Ahmed Married Alys on October 1941 at KashmirChildren: Salima Moneeza Hashmi

Taught Commerce in Hailey College Lahore He Joined British Indian Army in 1942Became Major in 1943 & Lt.Colonel in 1944

1947 He Opted for Pakistan but then He got Retirement in the Same Year

Wrote his First Book “NAQSH-E-FARYADI” in 1941In 1947 He Joined PACHe was Editor of ‘Pakistan Times’He was Member of ‘World Peace Council’

Influence of Communism

He was Against Dictatorship

Against OppressionsBelieve in

Internationalism

Ideology

Poetry

Gave Confidence to People by His Poetry gave High Status to Common Man Rise Against tyrants

BooksNaqsh-e-Faryadi

Dast-e-Saba

Zindan-Nama

Dast-e-Tah-e-Sung

Mere Dil Meray Musafir

Sar-e-Wadi-e-Sina

AchievementsNigar Awards in 1953

Lenin Prize in 1962

Lotus Prize for Literature in 1976

Nishan-e-Imtiaz in 1990

Nominated 4 times for Nobel Prize for Literature

Avicenna Prize in 2006

Death on 20 November 1984

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Thanks EveryoneWork Done by Faseeh ullah Irshad