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 hi...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English Urdu |
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Amherst :
University of Massachusetts Press,
1995.
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| Edition: | Rev. ed. |
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| 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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| Item Description: | Translated from Urdu. English and Urdu on opposite pages. |
| Physical Description: | xxvi, 102 p. ; 23 cm. |
| ISBN: | 0870239759 |