Ashfaq Hussain
{{short description|Pakistani writer}}
{{for|another person, writer of the Gentleman series|Ashfaq Hussain (Pakistan Army officer)}}
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Ashfaq Hussain Zaidi, PP, (born 1 January 1951) is a Pakistani Urdu poet{{cite book|last=Vassanji|first=M. G.|title=A Meeting of streams: South Asian Canadian literature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EkEqAQAAIAAJ|year=1985|publisher=TSAR Publications|isbn=978-0-920661-00-0|page=101}} 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,{{cite web|last=Khan |first=Aaqib |url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/117151/centennial-celebration-to-an-enduring-symbol-of-resistance/ |title=Centennial celebration: To an enduring symbol of resistance – The Express Tribune |publisher=Tribune.com.pk |date=11 February 2011 |access-date=5 June 2013}} Ahmad Faraz and also on the Progressive Writers Movement.
Works
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=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.{{cite web|url=http://archives.dawn.com/2003/12/18/local9.htm |title=KARACHI: Tribute paid to Ashfaq Hussain -DAWN – Local; December 18, 2003 |publisher=Archives.dawn.com |date=18 December 2003 |access-date=5 June 2013}}
References
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External links
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- {{Official website|http://www.ashfaqhussain.com}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20111003054506/http://www.pakistanpressfoundation.org/userMediaFilesDetails.asp?uid=15237 Urdu Conference Begins Today, Pakistan Press Foundation, 26 November 2008]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100812044603/http://thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=231285 The Daily News Karachi, 27 March 2010]
- [http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=154311 Hussain hopeful for Urdu literature, The Daily News Karachi, 17 August 2010]{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
- [http://www.thenews.com.pk/TodaysPrintDetail.aspx?ID=40647&Cat=4&dt=4/9/2011 Glowing tributes paid to acclaimed poet, The News International, 9 April 2011]
- [http://www.bbc.co.uk/urdu/entertainment/2012/01/120112_bookreviews_faiz_sen.shtml?s Faiz Ahmed Faiz aur Ashfaq Hussain, BBC News Urdu, 12 January 2012]
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Category:Urdu-language poets from Pakistan