Faiz Ahmed Faiz

GPTKB entity

Statements (58)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Journalist
gptkb:Writer
gptkb:poet
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:All_India_Progressive_Writers'_Association
gptkb:Communist_Party_of_Pakistan
gptkbp:associated_with gptkb:Progressive_Writers'_Movement
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Lenin_Peace_Prize
gptkbp:birth_date February 13, 1911
gptkbp:birth_place gptkb:Sialkot
gptkbp:birth_year 1911
gptkbp:born_in gptkb:Sialkot
gptkbp:children gptkb:Salima_Hashmi
gptkb:Muneeza_Hashmi
Hamid Faiz
gptkbp:contribution gptkb:literary_criticism
cultural commentary
translation of works
gptkbp:death_date November 20, 1984
gptkbp:death_year gptkb:1984
gptkbp:died_in gptkb:Lahore
gptkbp:famous_for social justice themes
human rights advocacy
political activism
gptkbp:famous_quote “ Life is a struggle.”
“ Where there is oppression, there is resistance.”
“ Poetry is the voice of the oppressed.”
“ The heart is a lonely hunter.”
“ We must be the change we wish to see.”
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Faiz Ahmed Faiz
gptkbp:influenced Pakistani literature
South Asian poetry
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Marxism
gptkbp:inspired gptkb:activists
gptkb:Writer
later generations of poets
gptkbp:known_for revolutionary poetry
gptkbp:language gptkb:Urdu
English
gptkbp:legacy symbol of resistance
influence on Urdu literature
cultural icon in Pakistan
gptkbp:nationality Pakistani
gptkbp:notable_work Zindan Nama
Dard Ashob
Nisar Mein Tera Mukhda
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:playwright
gptkb:Journalist
gptkb:poet
gptkb:editor
gptkbp:place_of_death gptkb:Lahore
gptkbp:spouse Alys Faiz
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Agha_Shahid_Ali
gptkb:Gulzar
gptkb:Pashtun_people
gptkb:University_of_Punjab
gptkb:Muhammad_Iqbal
gptkb:Hasrat_Mohani
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5