Ahmad Faraz Profile:
Born: Syed Ahmed Shah
January 14, 1931(1931-01-14)
Kohat, N.W.F.P., Pakistan
Died: August 25, 2008 (aged 77)[1]
Islamabad, Pakistan
Pen name: Faraz
Occupation: Urdu poet, Lecturer
Nationality: Pakistani
Ethnicity: Pashtoon Syed
Citizenship: Pakistani
Education: MA Urdu, MA Persian
Alma mater Peshawar University
Writing period: 1950 - 2008
Genres: Urdu Ghazal
Subjects: Romance, resistance
Literary movement: Progressive Writers Movement/ Democratic Movement
Notable work(s): Many
Notable award(s): Hilal-e-Imtiaz (returned)
Sitara-i-Imtiaz
Nigar Awards
Children: 3 sons: Saadi, Shibli and Sarmad Faraz
Relative(s): Syed Muhammad Shah Barq (father)
Syed Masood Kausar (brother)

































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