Faiz Ahmed Faiz

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.

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January 7 - 1910 - 1984 - Urdu - Ghalib - Iqbal - Sialkot - Punjab - India - Pakistan - Lahore - Anjuman Tarraqi Pasand Mussanafin-e-Hind (Progressive Writers' Movement) - Marxist - Lenin Peace Prize - Soviet Union

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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.

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Alys Faiz

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