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Faiz Ahmed Faiz (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.
Birth He was born in Sialkot on 13th Februaury, 1911.
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).
See also
External links - Faiz Ahmed Faiz (http://www.faiz.com)
- A tribute to Alys Faiz (http://dawn.com/2003/03/18/letted.htm#2)
- Mushaira.org entry (http://www.mushaira.org/ppage.php?poet_name=Faiz+Ahmed+Faiz)
- Faiz Ahmad Faiz collection (http://www.ece.utexas.edu/~sheikh/poetry/faiz/index.html)
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