Raziq Faani ( fa, رازق فانی) was a renowned
Afghan
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poet and novelist from the city
Kabul
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. He published more than ten volumes of poetry and novels in
Persian
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.
Work
Raziq Faani was one of Afghanistan's most celebrated contemporary poets, whose work is described as mystical, compassionate, and patriotic. His poems describe the suffering of his people through decades of war, destruction, and exile.
Career and family
Ustad Raziq Faani was born in Barana, Kabul-Afghanistan. He received his primary and secondary education in Afghanistan and earned a master's degree in political economy from
Sofia
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,
Bulgaria
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in 1967.
His first book of poetry, “Armaghan-e Jawani” was published in 1966.
The novel "Baaraana" was published in Kabul in 1983. In 1987, he published a selection of political satire entitled “Ameer e Ba Salaheyat” (''Competent director''). Ustad Faani left Afghanistan with his family in 1988 for India,
where they lived for nearly two years. In 1990 they arrived in the U.S. and made
San Diego, California
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their 2nd home. His books "Payamber e Baraan", "Aber O Aaftaab", "Shikast e Shab", "Dasht Aweena wa Tasweer", "Hazrat e Eishq",
and "Partaw e Khorsheed bar Deewar" are all collections of poems such as Ghazal, Nemaiee, Qaseeda, Do Baitee ha all published while he lived away from Afghanistan. Raziq Faani has one son, Jamshade Faani and 3 daughters. Ustad Faani died on 22 April 2007 from cancer at the age of 63.
Bibliography
Works by Raziq Faani
Poetry
*ARMAGHAN-E-JAWAANEE (Collection of poems) Kabul Afghanistan 1966.
*PAYAAMBER-E-BAARAN (''The Messenger of rain: a selection of poetry''). Kabul, Government Printing Press, 1986.
*ABER-WA-AFTAAB (Collection of poems) California 1994.
*SHEKAST-E-SHAB (Collection of poems) California 1997.
Prose
*BAARAANA (Novel). Kabul, Government Printing Press, 1983.
*AMER-E-BA SALAHEYAT (''Competent director: a collection of satire''). Writers' Association of Afghanistan, Kabul, Afghanistan 1987.
External links
raziqfaani.comin English
References
Embassy of Afghanistan in the United States of America: December 2006.
Lalit K. Jha, Pajhwok News, 25 April 2007.
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20th-century Afghan poets
1943 births
2007 deaths
Afghan Tajik people
21st-century Afghan poets