The 28th death anniversary of revolutionary Urdu poet and one of the few legendary figures of Pakistan Faiz Ahmad Faiz will observe today Tuesday on 20th November.
One of the most prolific poets of the 20th century Faiz was known to have reached out through his work to the wealthy and to those less fortunate alike. Dubbed the voice of a revolution’ he extended an asylum of sorts to the masses in a period where freedom of speech was crushed to a bare minimum.
The poet graduated from Government College University in Lahore where he obtained a degree in English Literature and went on to pursue another master’s degree in Arab Literature at the Oriental College also located in Lahore. His tenure boasts several accomplishments including the publication of two books Mairay Dil Mairay Musafir and Ghubar-e-Ayyam which have since been translated to several other languages earning him international recognition for his works. His open expression of revolutionary ideas however was not without its share of consequences. Although Faiz was imprisoned several times he spent his life fighting for the cause of truth. He died on 20th November 1984.
