What is Faiz Ahmad Faiz?
[[File:Faiz Ahmed Faiz (cropped).jpg|thumb|Faiz Ahmed Faiz]] '''Faiz Ahmad Faiz''' ( 13 February 1911 – 20 November 1984) NI, was an influential left-wing [[Urdu]] poet and intellectual from [[Pakistan]].<ref>http://www.faizcentenary.org The Official [[Faiz Memorial Site]], Retrieved 27 October 2012</ref> A notable member of the Progressive Writers' Movement (PWM), Faiz was an avowed [[Marxist]] and was a recipient of the [[Lenin Peace Prize]] awarded by the [[Soviet Union]] in 1962. Despite being repeatedly accused of atheism by the political and military establishment, Faiz's poetry, very popular amongst the masses, suggested his complicated relationship with religion in general and [[Islam]] in particular. ==Related pages== * [[List of notable Lahoris]] ==References== {{reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Faiz, Faiz Ahmad}} [[Category:1911 births]] [[Category:1984 deaths]] [[Category:Pakistani poets]] [[Category:Urdu poets]] [[Category:Pakistani Muslims]]