Ashfaq Hussain Zaidi,
PP, (born 1 January 1951) is a Pakistani
Urdu
Urdu (; , , ) is an Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in South Asia. It is the Languages of Pakistan, national language and ''lingua franca'' of Pakistan. In India, it is an Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of Indi ...
poet
and author of more than 10 books of poetry and literary criticism. He is considered at least by one commentator to be an expert on the life and works of Urdu poets
Faiz Ahmed Faiz,
and also on the
Progressive Writers Movement.
Works
Authored
* ''Faiz Ek Jaiza (1977)''
* ''Aitabar (1979)''
* ''That Day Will Dawn (1985)''
* ''Neendar Nal Rishta (1986)''
* ''Hum Ajnabi Hain (1992)''
* ''Faiz Habib e Amberdast (1992)''
* ''Faiz ke Maghrabi Hawaley (1993)''
* ''Faiz shakhsiat aur fun (2006)''
* ''Ahmad Faraz: yadoon ka ek sunehra waraq (2008)''
* ''Aashian Gum Karda (2009)''
* ''Mein Gaya Waqt Nahin Hoon(2010)(Published in India)''
* ''Sheeshoan Ka Masiha (2011)''
* ''Deewar-e-Dabastan Par (2012)''
His Urdu poetry has been translated in English and Punjabi.
References
External links
*
Urdu Conference Begins Today, Pakistan Press Foundation, 26 November 2008The Daily News Karachi, 27 March 2010Hussain hopeful for Urdu literature, The Daily News Karachi, 17 August 2010Glowing tributes paid to acclaimed poet, The News International, 9 April 2011Faiz Ahmed Faiz aur Ashfaq Hussain, BBC News Urdu, 12 January 2012
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1951 births
Urdu-language poets from Pakistan
Living people
Poets from Karachi
St. Patrick's High School, Karachi alumni
Writers from Karachi