The rebel's silhouette: selected poems
Born in India and considered the leading poet on the South Asian subcontinent, Faiz Ahmed Faiz (1911-1984) was a two-time Nobel nominee and winner of the 1962 Lenin Peace Prize. His evening readings in Hindi/Urdu-speaking regions drew thousands of listeners. Associated with the Communist party in his youth, Faiz became an outspoken poet in opposition to the Pakistani government. He was also a professor of English literature, a distinguished editor and a major figure in the Afro-Asian writer's m…
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- Full title :The rebel's silhouette : selected poems / Faiz Ahmed Faiz ; translated with a new introduction by Agha Shahid Ali.
Summary
Born in India and considered the leading poet on the South Asian subcontinent, Faiz Ahmed Faiz (1911-1984) was a two-time Nobel nominee and winner of the 1962 Lenin Peace Prize. His evening readings in Hindi/Urdu-speaking regions drew thousands of listeners. Associated with the Communist party in his youth, Faiz became an outspoken poet in opposition to the Pakistani government. He was also a professor of English literature, a distinguished editor and a major figure in the Afro-Asian writer's movement. This volume offers a selection of Faiz's poetry in a bilingual Urdu/English edition with a new introduction by poet and translator Agha Shahid Ali.
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- Publication Date:1995.
- Edition:Rev. ed
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):University of Massachusetts Press
- Place of Publication:Amherst
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:1995.
Notes
Translated from Urdu.
The Physical Object
- Description:xxvi, 102 pages ; : 23 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0870239759, 9780870239755
- oclc:ocm31376368
- LC Classification:PK2199.F255
- Dewey Decimal:891/.43917
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