25th Death Anniversary of Faiz Ahmed Faiz.
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Faiz Ahmed Faiz (Punjabi, Urdu: فیض احمد فیض; born 1911, died 1984) was a Pakistani poet considered to be one of the most famous modern Urdu poets, though he also wrote in Punjabi. He was born in village Kala Kader Sialkot. Now in Distt Narowal, in the Punjab during British rule (now Pakistan). 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 Sufism Faiz was an avowed supporter of Sufism. He has close relations with several Sufi saints of his time. He was all time favourite of Baba Malang Sahib, a Sufi of Lahore. Once when he was asked how can he compares Sufis with socialist comrades, he replied, "They(Sufis) are the real comrades". He is also credited for coining the term Ana al-Haqq in political sense. Imprisonment Faiz was charged with complicity in a failed coup attempt known as the Rawalpindi Conspiracy Case and was sentenced to four years' imprisonment in 1951. The jail term gave him a first-hand experience of the harsh realities of life, and provided him with the much-needed solitude to think and write poetry. Two of his greatest works Dast-e-Saba and Zindan-Nama were products of this period of imprisonment. For more go to this link. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faiz_Ahmed_Faiz
