Ahmed Faraz

 

Ahmed Faraz,"Syed Ahmed Shah" who left this mortal world on Monday the 25th August, 2008 was born in Nowshera in January 14,1931.He got an opportunity to meet literary people in his early age as his father; Agha Burq was also a well known poet. He received masters’ degrees in Persian and Urdu literature from the University of Peshawar.

Faraz started his career as a scriptwriter with Radio Pakistan. He had been a proud recipient of Adamjee Award, Sitara-e-Imtiaz of Government of Pakistan, Dr Iqbal Award from the Academy of Letters, Honorary Life Fellowship of the Academy of Letters, an Honorary Doctorate in Literature from the University of Karachi.

Faraz occupied a unique place among the bouquet of poets of the modern era. His first collection of poems, "Tanha Tanha" was published in 1958  He also wrote plays for Radio Pakistan and PTV. These were published in 1972 under the title "Mere Khawab Reza Reza".
His works include ten volumes of poems and a collection of plays in addition to articles and interviews published both nationally and internationally. Other collections of his works include Janaan Janaan (1976), Be Awaz Gali Koochoon Mein (1982), Nabeena Shehr Mein Aaina (1984), Sab Awazeen Meri Hain (1985), Pas Andaz Mosam (1989), Bodluk (a play in verse, 1994), and Peman. His works were published in four volumes by the University of Acain, U.A.E in 1987 with the title of Assasa.