Faiz Ahmad Faiz, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Faiz Ahmad Faiz

Pakistani writer

Date of Birth: 13-Feb-1911

Place of Birth: Sialkot, Punjab, Pakistan

Date of Death: 20-Nov-1984

Profession: writer, poet, songwriter, lyricist, journalist

Nationality: Pakistan

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Faiz Ahmad Faiz MBE, NI (Urdu: ???? ???? ???? ?), (13 February 1911 – 20 November 1984) was a Urdu Marxist, poet, and author.
He was one of the most celebrated writers of the Urdu language, equally revered in both Pakistan and India. Among other accolades, Faiz was nominated for Nobel Prize in Literature and won the Lenin Peace Prize.Born in Punjab, British India, Faiz went on to study at Government College and Oriental College.
He went on to serve in the British Indian Army and was awarded in the British Empire Medal.
After Pakistan's independence, Faiz became the editor to The Pakistan Times and a leading member of the Communist Party before being arrested in 1951 as an alleged part of conspiracy to overthrow the Liaquat administration and replace it with a left-wing government.Faiz was released after four years in prison and went on to become a notable member of the Progressive Writers' Movement and eventually an aide to Bhutto administration, before being self-exiled to Beirut.
Faiz was an avowed Marxist, and he received the Lenin Peace Prize by the Soviet Union in 1962.
His work remains influential in Pakistan literature and arts.
Faiz's literary work was posthumously publicly honoured when the Pakistan Government conferred upon him the nation's highest civil award, Nishan-e-Imtiaz, in 1990.