PAL to hold seminar on revolutionary poet tomorrow
DNA
February 14, 2021
ISLAMABAD:
Hailed as one of the greatest, most inspiring and eloquent poets of South Asia, yesterday (Feb 13th) marked the 110th birth anniversary of the iconic revolutionary poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz.
Glowing tributes were paid to his literary work by scholars and the media on the day.
Faiz was a Pakistani leftist poet and author. Not only was he one of the most celebrated writers of the Urdu language, but among his numerous accolades, Faiz was also nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature and won the Lenin Peace Prize.