Journal of Research (Urdu), BZU - Multan

(جرنل آف ریسرچ (اردو

Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan (Pakistan)
ISSN (print): 1726-9067
ISSN (online): 1816-3424
Abstract

Faiz Ahmad Faiz was not only a distinct poet of Urdu and an influential left wing intellectual but a political activist too. He can be considered in the pioneers of Progressive Writers Association that has been taken as the wing of communist writers since its early period. He was an avowed Marxist-communist who even joined British Indian Army to record its resistance against Fascism that was dreaming to rule over Soviet Union. Faiz Ahmad Faiz had also been working for trade unions since his stay in Amartsar. His affiliation with Sajjad Zaheer and somehow with Communist party of Pakistan dragged him in Rawalpindi Conspiracy Case and remained in prison for more than four years. Faiz received Lenin Peace Prize by the Soviet Union in 1962 that was a great and only achievement by any Pakistani poet and left wing political activist. This article is all about his political career.

Author(s):

Dr. Muhammad Khawar Nawazish

Assistant Professor

Department of Urdu, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan

Pakistan

  • khawarnawazish@bzu.edu.pk
  • 0092 300 956 17 45
  • website

Details:

Type: Article
Volume: 20
Issue: 1
Language: Urdu
Id: 5e7bd8921c343
Pages 263 - 275
Discipline: Urdu
Published December 31, 2011

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