Intikhab-e-Kalam: Faiz Ahmed Faiz Faiz Ahmed Faiz

By:

Faiz, Faiz Ahmed

Contributor(s):

Edited and introduced by Iftikhar Arif

Material type:

TextSeries: Urdu VirsahPublication details: Karachi Oxford University Press 2017Description: 64 Pages 12x18 cm PBISBN:

9780199062126

Subject(s):

Urdu Literature - Poetry Poetry in Urdu Urdu Literature - Poetry Intikhab e Kalam: Faiz Ahmed Faiz

DDC classification:

891.4391

Summary: This book contains a selection of the poems of Faiz Ahmed Faiz MBE, the Urdu poet to gain the greatest International recognition. Faiz was a Founder of the Progressive Writers Movement but enlisted in the British Indian Army during World War II. In Pakistan he became a journalist and trade union leader and since he was indicted in the 1951 Rawalpindi Conspiracy Case, he spent a number of terms in jail. He was the winner of the Lenin Peace Prize in 1962. Faiz struggled to promote liberal and secular ideals. The lyrical quality of his poems was high and has been compared to that of Hafiz the Persian Master. This selection was published on the poet’s birth centenary.

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This book contains a selection of the poems of Faiz Ahmed Faiz MBE, the Urdu poet to gain the greatest International recognition. Faiz was a Founder of the Progressive Writers Movement but enlisted in the British Indian Army during World War II. In Pakistan he became a journalist and trade union leader and since he was indicted in the 1951 Rawalpindi Conspiracy Case, he spent a number of terms in jail. He was the winner of the Lenin Peace Prize in 1962. Faiz struggled to promote liberal and secular ideals. The lyrical quality of his poems was high and has been compared to that of Hafiz the Persian Master. This selection was published on the poet’s birth centenary.

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