Raziq Faani (Persian: رازق فانی) was a renowned Afghan poet and novelist from the city Kabul. He published more than ten volumes of poetry and novels in Persian.
Raziq Faani رازق فانی | |
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Born | 1943 Kabul, [Afghanistan |
Died | 2007 |
Resting place | San Diego |
Nationality | Afghan |
Occupation | Poet & Writer |
Website | http://www.raziqfaani.net/ |
Raziq Faani was one of Afghanistan's most celebrated contemporary poets, whose work is described as mystical, compassionate, and patriotic. His poems describe the suffering of his people through decades of war, destruction, and exile.
Ustad Raziq Faani was born in Barana, Kabul-Afghanistan. He received his primary and secondary education in Afghanistan and earned a master's degree in political economy from Sofia, Bulgaria in 1967. His first book of poetry, “Armaghan-e Jawani” was published in 1966. The novel "Baaraana" was published in Kabul in 1983. In 1987, he published a selection of political satire entitled “Ameer e Ba Salaheyat” (Competent director). Ustad Faani left Afghanistan with his family in 1988 for India, where they lived for nearly two years. In 1990 they arrived in the U.S. and made San Diego, California their 2nd home. His books "Payamber e Baraan", "Aber O Aaftaab", "Shikast e Shab", "Dasht Aweena wa Tasweer", "Hazrat e Eishq", and "Partaw e Khorsheed bar Deewar" are all collections of poems such as Ghazal, Nemaiee, Qaseeda, Do Baitee ha all published while he lived away from Afghanistan. Raziq Faani has one son, Jamshade Faani and 3 daughters. Ustad Faani died on 22 April 2007 from cancer at the age of 63.
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Contemporary Persian and Classical Persian are the same language, but writers since 1900 are classified as contemporary. At one time, Persian was a common cultural language of much of the non-Arabic Islamic world. Today it is the official language of Iran, Tajikistan and one of the two official languages of Afghanistan. |
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