WRITER

Faiz Ahmad Faiz

1911 - 1984

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Faiz Ahmad Faiz (Punjabi, Urdu: فیض احمد فیض, pronounced [fɛːz ɛɦ.məd̪ fɛːz]; 13 February 1911 – 20 November 1984) was a Pakistani poet and author of Punjabi and Urdu literature. Faiz was one of the most celebrated, popular, and influential Urdu writers of his time, and his works and ideas remain widely influential today in Pakistan and beyond. Outside of literature, he has been described as "a man of wide experience", having worked as a teacher, military officer, journalist, trade unionist, and broadcaster.Born in Sialkot District, Punjab, during the British rule, Faiz studied at Government College and Oriental College and went on to serve in the British Indian Army. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Faiz Ahmad Faiz has received more than 1,524,523 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Faiz Ahmad Faiz is the 3,629th most popular writer (down from 3,474th in 2019), the 59th most popular biography from Pakistan (down from 52nd in 2019) and the 9th most popular Pakistani Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.25

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.37

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.09

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Dast-i ṣabā
1953
Naqsh-i faryadi
Sar-i Vādī-yi Sīnā
1971
Unic orn and the dancing girl
Translations into English
1988
Selections
Translation into English, Translations into English, Urdu poetry
1971
Culture and Identity
2005

Page views of Faiz Ahmad Faizs by language

Over the past year Faiz Ahmad Faiz has had the most page views in the with 201,362 views, followed by Urdu (33,303), and Hindi (9,884). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Uzbek (118.66%), Portuguese (105.21%), and Simple English (57.70%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Faiz Ahmad Faiz ranks 3,629 out of 7,302. Before him are Ida Vitale, Nicholas Rémy, Johannes Jørgensen, Kurd Lasswitz, Anthony Berkeley Cox, and Bernhard Severin Ingemann. After him are Vasco Pratolini, Hansa Jivraj Mehta, Valentin Vodnik, François de La Mothe Le Vayer, Andrija Kačić Miošić, and Lesches.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Faiz Ahmad Faiz ranks 172. Before him are Yang Jiang, Tarō Okamoto, Xiao Hong, Broderick Crawford, Otakar Vávra, and Heinz von Foerster. After him are Klára Dán von Neumann, Nagarjun, Viktor Nekrasov, Hédi Amara Nouira, George Seaton, and Guido del Mestri. Among people deceased in 1984, Faiz Ahmad Faiz ranks 130. Before him are J. B. Priestley, Carl Joachim Friedrich, Manuel Alonso Areizaga, Valery Voronin, Giuseppe Tucci, and K. D. Jadhav. After him are Flora Robson, Gaëtan Dugas, Lillian Hellman, Arvīds Jansons, Lola Anglada, and Roberto Porta.

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In Pakistan

Among people born in Pakistan, Faiz Ahmad Faiz ranks 59 out of 217. Before him are Muhammad Rafiq Tarar (1929), Sunil Dutt (1929), Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (1948), Fazlur Rahman Malik (1919), Milkha Singh (1935), and Francis Younghusband (1863). After him are Farooq Leghari (1940), Manoj Kumar (1937), Aafia Siddiqui (1972), Gulzar (1934), Duleep Singh (1838), and Malala Yousafzai (1997).

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Among WRITERS In Pakistan

Among writers born in Pakistan, Faiz Ahmad Faiz ranks 9. Before him are Khushal Khattak (1613), Amrita Pritam (1919), Bulleh Shah (1680), Rahman Baba (1632), Krishna Sobti (1925), and Tariq Ali (1943). After him are Sultan Bahu (1630), Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi (1941), Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai (1690), Mulk Raj Anand (1905), Khushwant Singh (1915), and Asma Barlas (1950).

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