Ashfaq Hussain Zaidi: The Leading Modern Poet of Sindh

Ashfaq Hussain Zaidi

 The Leading Modern Poet of Sindh

Ashfaq Hussain Zaidi (born on the day of 1 January 1951, Karachi city) is a leading contemporary Urdu poet and an author of more than ten books of poetry and literary criticism. He is believed by many as the foremost expert on the life and works of great Urdu poets Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Ahmad Faraz and also on Progressive Writers Movement. For his contributions to Urdu literature, Hussain was granted with the Presidential Pride of Performance from the government of Pakistan.

Works of Ashfaq Hussain Zaidi

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 the languages of English and Punjabi.