Ashfaq Hussain | |
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![]() Hussain in 2010 | |
Born | Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan | 1 January 1951
Occupation | Urdu poet |
Alma mater | University of Karachi |
Notable awards | Presidential Pride of Performance |
Ashfaq Hussain Zaidi, PP, (born 1 January 1951) is an Urdu Pakistani poet[1] and an 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,[2] Ahmad Faraz and also on Progressive Writers Movement.
His Urdu poetry has been translated in English and Punjabi.[3]