Faiz Ahmed Faiz

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Pakistani poet Urdu poet intellectual journalist person poet revolutionary

Faiz Ahmed Faiz was a renowned 20th-century Pakistani poet, revolutionary, and intellectual whose modern Urdu verse blended romanticism with powerful themes of social justice and political resistance.

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instanceOf Pakistani poet ⓘ
Urdu poet ⓘ
intellectual ⓘ
journalist ⓘ
person ⓘ
poet ⓘ
revolutionary ⓘ
awardReceived Lenin Peace Prize ⓘ
Nishan-e-Imtiaz ⓘ
Sitara-e-Imtiaz ⓘ
burialPlace Lahore ⓘ
child Salima Hashmi ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Pakistan ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1911-02-13 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1984-11-20 ⓘ
educatedAt Government College, Lahore ⓘ
surface form: Government College University, Lahore

University of the Punjab ⓘ
surface form: Oriental College, Lahore
familyName Faiz ⓘ
fieldOfWork Urdu literature ⓘ
journalism ⓘ
political activism ⓘ
fullName Faiz Ahmed Faiz self-link ⓘ
genre ghazal ⓘ
nazm ⓘ
givenName Faiz ⓘ
hasHonorificTitle Faiz ⓘ
ideology Marxism ⓘ
socialism ⓘ
imprisonedFor alleged involvement in the Rawalpindi Conspiracy Case ⓘ
influenced contemporary Urdu poetry ⓘ
influencedBy Allama Muhammad Iqbal ⓘ
surface form: Allama Iqbal

Mirza Ghalib ⓘ
knownFor blending romantic and political themes ⓘ
modern Urdu poetry ⓘ
revolutionary verse ⓘ
languageOfExpression Punjabi ⓘ
Urdu language ⓘ
surface form: Urdu
literaryStyle revolutionary poetry ⓘ
romanticism ⓘ
militaryRank Lieutenant Colonel ⓘ
movement Progressive Writers Movement ⓘ
nationality Pakistani ⓘ
notablePoem Bol Ke Lab Azaad Hain Tere ⓘ
Hum Dekhenge ⓘ
Mujh Se Pehli Si Mohabbat ⓘ
Raqeeb Se ⓘ
Subh-e-Azadi ⓘ
notableWork Dast-e-Saba ⓘ
Mere Dil Mere Musafir ⓘ
Naqsh-e-Faryadi ⓘ
Sar-e-Wadi-e-Sina ⓘ
Zindan-Nama ⓘ
occupation editor ⓘ
journalist ⓘ
poet ⓘ
teacher ⓘ
trade unionist ⓘ
placeOfBirth British India ⓘ
Punjab ⓘ
Sialkot ⓘ
placeOfDeath Lahore ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
Punjab, Pakistan ⓘ
surface form: Punjab
politicalAffiliation Communist Party of Pakistan ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
residence Lahore ⓘ
servedIn British Indian Army ⓘ
spouse Alys Faiz ⓘ
theme exile ⓘ
love ⓘ
political resistance ⓘ
revolution ⓘ
social justice ⓘ

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Faiz Ahmed Faiz → fullName → Faiz Ahmed Faiz self-link ⓘ
Government College, Lahore → hasAlumni → Faiz Ahmed Faiz ⓘ
Urdu language → hasFamousPoet → Faiz Ahmed Faiz ⓘ
subject surface form: Urdu
Punjabi literature → hasNotableAuthor → Faiz Ahmed Faiz ⓘ
this entity surface form: Faiz Ahmad Faiz