Revolutionary poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz being remembered on 109th birth anniversary

LAHORE (92 News) – The 109th birth anniversary of revolutionary poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz is being observed on Thursday. Faiz Ahmed Faiz highlighted the people’s problems through his poems and ghazals. He also inculcated the passion of freedom among the masses. Born in Sialkot on February 13, 1911, Faiz became the first Asian poet to be awarded the Lenin Peace Prize, the Soviet Union’s equivalent of the Nobel Prize, in 1963. He was also the recipient of several other awards, including the Nigar Awards, HRC Peace Prize, Nishan-e-Imtiaz and Avicenna Prize. His notable works include Naqsh-e-Faryadi, Dast-e-Sabah and Zindan-Nama. Faiz married Alys Faiz – a British national who had a tremendous influence on his life and poetry. They had two daughters – Salima and Muniza. In 1936, he started a branch of Anjuman Tarraqi Pasand Mussanafin-e-Hind in Punjab and was also a member and secretary of this branch. Faiz had also worked as editor of Mahanama Adab-e-Latif and became a lecturer in English at MAO College in 1935 and then at Hailey College of Commerce.