| Faiz (left) awarding a prize for an Indo-Pak Youth Essay Writing Competition. | |
| Born | Faiz Ahmad Faiz Kahlon 13 February 1911 Kala Kader, Narowal District,Punjab, British India |
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| Died | 20 November 1984 (aged 73) Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan |
| Occupation | poet and journalist |
| Language | Punjabi Russian English Urdu Arabic Persian |
| Nationality | Pakistani |
| Ethnicity | Punjabi |
| Education | Arabic literature B.A. (Hons), M.A. English Literature Master of Arts |
| Alma mater | Murray College at Sialkot Government College University Punjab University |
| Genre | Ghazal, Nazm |
| Literary movement | Progressive Writers' Movement Communist Party of Pakistan |
| Notable works | Naqsh-e-Faryadi Dast-e-Sabah Zindan-nama |
| Notable awards | MBE (1946) Nigar Awards (1953 Lenin Peace Prize (1963) HRC Peace Prize Nishan-e-Imtiaz (1990) Avicenna Prize (2006) |
| Spouse | Alys Faiz |
| Children |
Salima (b. 1942)
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Faiz Ahmad Faiz
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