Saqi Farooqi

Saqi Farooqi (Urdu: ساقی فاروقی‎) was an Urdu poet born on 21 December 1936 in Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh, India.[1][2][3] His family migrated from India to East Pakistan and then to Karachi, Pakistan. He went from Pakistan to London and made an influence in English poetry.[4] His famous works include Behram ki wapsi and Razoon se bhara basta.[5][6]

Saqi Farooqi
ساقی فاروقی
Born(1936-12-21)21 December 1936
Gorakhpur, India
Died19 January 2018(2018-01-19) (aged 81)
London
Known forPoetry

Died

Farooqi died on 19 January 2018 at the age of 81 in London.[7]

References
  1. Parekh, Rauf (25 December 2016). "Poetically inclined". Dawn. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  2. "Voices of the Dispossessed". 13 January 2018.
  3. http://dsal.uchicago.edu/books/annualofurdustudies/text.html?objectid=PK2151.A6152_3_033.gif
  4. Ṣiddīqī, Naẓīr (19 January 1998). "Columns on Books in English and Urdu". N. Siddiqi – via Google Books.
  5. Farooqi, Saqi (19 January 1985). "Behram Ki wapsi". Qausain – via Google Books.
  6. Farooqi, Saqi (19 January 1981). "Razoon say bhara basta". Sweeza Art – via Google Books.
  7. News, Abb Takk. "Renowned Poet Saqi Farooqi Passes Away In London - Abb Takk News". abbtakk.tv.


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