The Indian Express: How Faiz Ahmad Faiz’s poetry became India’s favourite anthem of dissent
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Faiz Ahmad Faiz
Faiz Ahmad Faiz was a Pakistani poet and author of Urdu and Punjabi literature. Faiz was one of the most well-known Urdu writers of his time and remains influential in Pakistan and India. He was also a teacher, military officer, journalist, trade unionist, and broadcaster.
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culture · Pakistani poet and author (1911-1984) · poet · journalist · writer · lyricist · songwriter · also Faiz Ahmad Faiz, Faiz
Born 13 February 1911 · Died 20 November 1984 · Q381296
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2026· 2 entries
The Daily Star: Faiz Ahmad Faiz: When romanticism weaved into revolution
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2024· 1 entry
Daily Times: Death anniversary of Faiz Ahmad Faiz observed
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2015· 1 entry
The Faiz Foundation Trust launched the inaugural International Faiz Festival in collaboration with the Lahore Arts Council at Alhamra in Lahore, Pakistan
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2012· 1 entry
At the memorial ceremony that was held at the Jinnah Garden to honour the services of Faiz by the left-wing party Avami National Party and Communist Party, participants chanted: "The Faiz of workers is alive
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2011· 3 entries
That "no agreement was reached, the plan was disapproved, the communists weren't ready to accept General's words and the participants dispersed without meeting again"
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Under the name of "Celebrating Faiz" edited by D
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The Pakistan Peoples Party's government declared the year 2011 as "the year of Faiz Ahmad Faiz"
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2009· 1 entry
The Faiz Foundation Trust holds the copyright for all literary works of Faiz Ahmad Faiz
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1990· 1 entry
Faiz was posthumously honoured by the Pakistan Government when the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party led by Prime minister Benazir Bhutto awarded Faiz the highest civilian award, the Nishan-e-Imtiaz, in 1990
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1984· 2 entries
Died 1984-11-20.
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From complications of lung and heart disease shortly after being nominated for the Nobel Prize for Literature
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1980· 1 entry
After Zia-ul-Haq toppled Bhutto's government and freed all the political prisoners of his (Bhutto's) regime
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1979· 1 entry
Faiz departed from Pakistan after learning the news that Bhutto's execution had taken place
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1976· 2 entries
Awarded Lotus Prize for Literature (1976).
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Was awarded the Lotus Prize for Literature
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1974· 1 entry
Upon returning from Bangladesh, as suggested to him by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
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1972· 1 entry
Prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto brought him back when Bhutto appointed Faiz as Culture adviser at the Ministry of Culture (MoCul) and the Ministry of Education (MoEd)
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1965· 1 entry
Faiz was first brought to government by the charismatic democratic socialist Zulfikar Ali Bhutto who was serving as Foreign minister in the presidency of Ayub Khan
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1964· 1 entry
Faiz finally returned to his country and settled down in Karachi, and was appointed Rector of Abdullah Haroon College
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1962· 2 entries
Awarded Lenin Peace Prize (1962).
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Faiz was awarded the Lenin Peace Prize which enhanced the relations of his country with the Soviet Union which at that time had been hostile and antagonistic relations with Pakistan
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1960· 1 entry
And he left for Moscow, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, eventually settling in London, United Kingdom
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1958· 1 entry
Faiz returned but was again detained by President Iskander Mirza, who allegedly blamed Faiz for publishing pro-communist ideas and for advocating a pro-Moscow government
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1951· 1 entry
For his alleged part in a conspiracy to overthrow the Liaquat administration and replace it with a left-wing, pro-Soviet government
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1950· 1 entry
Faiz joined the delegation of Prime minister Liaquat Ali Khan, initially leading a business delegation in the United States, attending the meeting at the International Labour Organization (ILO) at San Francisco
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1947· 3 entries
Faiz opted for the newly established State of Pakistan
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Along with Marxist Sajjad Zaheer and Jalaludin Abdur Rahim
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Became editor of the Pakistan Times and in 1948, he became vice-president of the Pakistan Trade Union Federation (PTUF)
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1945· 1 entry
And to war-substantive major and temporary lieutenant-colonel on 19 February 1946
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1941· 2 entries
Faiz published his first literary book "Naqsh-e-Faryadi" (lit
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Faiz became involved with Alys Faiz, a British national and a member of Communist Party of the United Kingdom, who was a student at the Government College University where Faiz taught poetry
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1938· 1 entry
Became editor-in-chief of the monthly Urdu magazine "Adab-e-Latif (lit
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1937· 1 entry
Faiz moved to Lahore to reunite with his family after accepting the professorship at the Hailey College of Commerce, initially teaching introductory courses on economics and commerce
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1936· 1 entry
Faiz joined a literary movement, (PWM) and was appointed its first secretary by his fellow Marxist Sajjad Zaheer
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1935· 1 entry
Faiz joined the faculty of Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College at Aligarh, serving as a lecturer in English and British literature
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1930· 1 entry
Faiz joined the post-graduate program of the Government College, obtaining an MA in English literature in 1932, and wrote his master's thesis on the poetry of Robert Browning
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1926· 2 entries
Faiz enrolled in Department of Languages and Fine Arts of the Government College, Lahore
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Faiz attained his BA with Honors in Arabic, under the supervision of Professor Mir Hassan
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1911· 2 entries
Born 1911-02-13.
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Faiz Ahmad Faiz was born on 13 February 1911 in Kala Qader, in the Narowal District of the Punjab Province of British India (present-day Faiz Nagar, in the Narowal District of Punjab, Pakistan) into a Punjabi family belonging to the Sidhu clan of Jats.
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