Faiz Ahmed Faiz remembered on his 103rd birth anniversary

ISLAMABAD: Renowned poet Faiz Ahmad Faiz remembered on his 103rd birth anniversary on Thursday.

He was born in Kala Kader village of Sialkot in 1911, where he received his early education.

He was a great revolutionary Poet. He studied philosophy and English literature, but poetry and politics preoccupied him more than anything else.

Faiz was the first Asian poet who was awarded with Lenin Peace Prize by the former Soviet Union in 1963. He was also nominated for the Nobel Prize shortly before his death in 1984.

Faiz Ahmed Faiz died on November 20, 1984 in Lahore.