Faiz Ahmed Faiz - a poet and a revolutionary
Born in Sialkot on 13 February 1911, Faiz was therefore, born in a respectable and literary environment and was a very promising student with a religious background. He started memorizing the Holy Quran at the age of four and in 1916 started his formal education in the famous school of Moulvi Ibrahim Sialkoti, and learnt Urdu, Persian and Arabic. Was admitted to the Scotch Mission High School in 1921 in Class IV. Passed his Matriculation Examination in the 1st Division from Murray College, Sialkot and during this period learnt Persian and Arabic from Allama Iqbal's teacher, Shamsul Ulema Moulvi Syed Meer Hasan.
He passed his B.A. (Honours) in Arabic from the Government College, Lahore and then M.A. in English from the same College in 1932 and M.A. in Arabic from Oriental College, Lahore.
He was Lecturer in English at M. A. O. College, Amritsar in 1935 and then at Hailey College of Commerce, Lahore. Joined the Army as Captain in 1942 and worked in the department of Public Relations in Delhi. Was promoted to the rank of Major in 1943, and Lieut. Colonel in 1944. He resigned from The Army in 1947 and returned to Lahore, where, in 1959 appointed as Secretary, Pakistan Arts Council and worked in that capacity till 1962. Returning from London in 1964 he settled down in Karachi and was appointed as Principal, Abdullah Haroon College , Karachi. Editorship of the monthly magazine Adabe-Latif from 1947 to 1958. Worked as Editor under the Progressive Papers Ltd, of the Pakistan Times, the Urdu newspaper Imroze and the weekly Lailo-Nihar. In the 1965 war between India & Pakistan he worked in an honorary capacity in the Department of Information. Acted as Editor of the magazine Lotus in Moscow, London and Beirut. He was arrested under Safety Act and charged in the Rawalpindi Conspiracy case, and bore the hardships of imprisonment for four years until his release on 2 April 1955. He was awarded Nishan-i-Imtiaz posthumously
Faiz Ahmed Faiz - a poet and a revolutionary
Born in Sialkot on 13 February 1911, Faiz was therefore, born in a respectable and literary environment and was a very promising student with a religious background. He started memorizing the Holy Quran at the age of four and in 1916 started his formal education in the famous school of Moulvi Ibrahim Sialkoti, and learnt Urdu, Persian and Arabic. Was admitted to the Scotch Mission High School in 1921 in Class IV. Passed his Matriculation Examination in the 1st Division from Murray College, Sialkot and during this period learnt Persian and Arabic from Allama Iqbal's teacher, Shamsul Ulema Moulvi Syed Meer Hasan.
He passed his B.A. (Honours) in Arabic from the Government College, Lahore and then M.A. in English from the same College in 1932 and M.A. in Arabic from Oriental College, Lahore.
He was Lecturer in English at M. A. O. College, Amritsar in 1935 and then at Hailey College of Commerce, Lahore. Joined the Army as Captain in 1942 and worked in the department of Public Relations in Delhi. Was promoted to the rank of Major in 1943, and Lieut. Colonel in 1944. He resigned from The Army in 1947 and returned to Lahore, where, in 1959 appointed as Secretary, Pakistan Arts Council and worked in that capacity till 1962. Returning from London in 1964 he settled down in Karachi and was appointed as Principal, Abdullah Haroon College , Karachi. Editorship of the monthly magazine Adabe-Latif from 1947 to 1958. Worked as Editor under the Progressive Papers Ltd, of the Pakistan Times, the Urdu newspaper Imroze and the weekly Lailo-Nihar. In the 1965 war between India & Pakistan he worked in an honorary capacity in the Department of Information. Acted as Editor of the magazine Lotus in Moscow, London and Beirut. He was arrested under Safety Act and charged in the Rawalpindi Conspiracy case, and bore the hardships of imprisonment for four years until his release on 2 April 1955. He was awarded Nishan-i-Imtiaz posthumously