The rebel's silhouette
Subtitle: selected poems
By: Faiz Ahmed Faiz ; translated with a new introduction by Agha Shahid Ali.
Contributors: Agha, Shahid Ali, 1949-
Edition: Rev. ed.
Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Amherst
Language: eng
Number of pages: 102
Subjects: Urdu poetry -- Translations into English
Description: Born in India and considered the leading poet on the South Asian subcontinent, Faiz Ahmed Faiz (1911-1984) was a two-time Nobel nominee and winner of the 1962 Lenin Peace Prize. His evening readings in Hindi/Urdu-speaking regions drew thousands of listeners. Associated with the Communist party in his youth, Faiz became an outspoken poet in opposition to the Pakistani government. He was also a professor of English literature, a distinguished editor and a major figure in the Afro-Asian writer's movement.

This volume offers a selection of Faiz's poetry in a bilingual Urdu/English edition with a new introduction by poet and translator Agha Shahid Ali.
Notes: Translated from Urdu.
English and Urdu on opposite pages.