Ahmad Faraz
Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Crescent of Excellence) Award Hilal-e-Pakistan (Crescent of Pakistan) Award Nigar Awards | |
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Children | Saadi, Shibli Faraz and Sarmad Faraz |
Syed Ahmad Shah (
Early life
Faraz was born as Syed Ahmad Shah on 12 January 1931 in
Literary work
Faraz is credited for writing Pas Andaaz, Sab Awazain Meri, Khuwab Gul, Janan Janan, and Ghazal Bahana Karoon.[8]
Title | Publishing Year | Publisher |
TANHA TANHA | 1957 | Malik Sons publishers, Lahore |
JANAN JANAN | 1979 | Wali Aasi |
BE AWAZ GALI KUCHON MEIN | 1984 | Husami Book Depot, Hyderabad |
SHAB KHOON | 1987 | Jamia Imarat Arabia Al-Muttahida |
NAYAFT | 1988 | Shalimar Books, New Delhi |
PAS-E-ANDAZ-E-MAUSAM | 1990 | Khalid Sharif |
DARD-E-ASHOOB | 1991 | Khalid Sharif |
SAB AWAZEIN MERI HAIN | 2002 | Kitabi Duniya, Delhi |
GHAZAL BAHA NA KARUN | 2002 | Kitabi Duniya, Delhi |
BOODLUCK | 2005 | Kitabi Duniya, Delhi |
AYE ISHQ-E-JUNOON PESHA | 2007 | Dost Publication, Islamabad |
SHAHR-E-SUKHAN AARASTA HAI | 2013 | Dost Publication, Islamabad |
PARTAN (Punjabi Translated) | Maktaba Sher-o-Adab, Lahore | |
MERE KHWAB REZA REZA | Yusuf Publishers, Rawalpindi |
Career
Singers like Mehdi Hassan, Noor Jehan, Ghulam Ali, Pankaj Udhas, Jagjit Singh and Runa Laila greatly popularized his poetry by singing his ghazals in films and in live concerts.[1][4][5]
Ahmad Faraz served as Chairman of the National Book Foundation in Islamabad, Pakistan.[9][4]
Political activity
Faraz was arrested for writing poems that criticised military rulers in Pakistan during the reign of General Zia-ul-Haq. Following that arrest, he went into a self-imposed exile.[5] He stayed for 3 years in Britain, Canada, and Europe before returning to Pakistan,[9] where he was initially appointed as Chairman of the Pakistan Academy of Letters and later chairperson of the Islamabad- based National Book Foundation for several years.[9][1][4]
Death and legacy
Earlier in 2008, after a fall in Baltimore, Maryland, there were false rumors of his death while he was being treated in a Chicago hospital. But he was able to return to his homeland, Pakistan. Then later, Ahmad Faraz died of kidney failure, confirmed by his son Shibli Faraz, in a private hospital in Islamabad on 25 August 2008. His funeral was held on the evening of 26 August, among many admirers and government officials at H-8 Graveyard, Islamabad, Pakistan.[6][1][10]
Ahmad Faraz is included in the long list of revolutionary poets of Urdu language and is "acclaimed as one of the most influential modern Urdu poets of the last century."[2][9][5]
"This felicity with words is evident in much of Faraz's work, as is an economy of expression, along with an ability to wrap layers of meaning into brief lines, the hallmark of an artist who has a command over his craft."[9]
Awards and recognition
Ahmad Faraz was first awarded the
On 25 August 2008, he died in Islamabad, and later Government of Pakistan conferred Hilal-e-Pakistan posthumously upon Faraz for his contribution to poetry and Urdu literature.[2][4]
See also
- List of Urdu-language writers
- Read about Ahmad Faraz in Arabic Language.
Notes
- ^ Takhallus is a pseudonym, fictitious or a pen name used by the Urdu or Persian speaking people when they perform a particular social or cultural role such as poetry etc.
References
- ^ a b c d e Haresh Pandya (1 September 2008). "Ahmed Faraz, Outspoken Urdu Poet, Dies at 77". The New York Times. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
- ^ a b c d e "Tribute to a legend: Remembering Ahmed Faraz". The Express Tribune (newspaper). 12 January 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
- ^ "Profile of Ahmad Faraz". Ahmad Faraz Trust. Archived from the original on 6 February 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Faraz dies: Poetry loses a voice, people a friend". Dawn (newspaper). 26 August 2008. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
- ^ a b c d "Interview in Urdu language سلسلے توڑ گیا وہ سبھی جاتے جاتے". BBC News website. 26 August 2008. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
- ^ a b c d "Profile of Ahmad Faraz". Urduwire.com website. Archived from the original on 3 April 2019. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
- ^ "Ahmad Faraz". Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Official Web Portal.
- ^ "Remembering Ahmed Faraz, on his sixth death anniversary". Dawn (newspaper). 25 August 2014. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
- ^ a b c d e "Remembering Ahmad Faraz". Outlook (India magazine). 11 September 2008. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
- ^ "Ahmad Faraz laid to rest". Gulf News. 26 August 2008. Retrieved 29 June 2022.