{"product_id":"the-rebels-silhouette-selected-poems-9780870239755","title":"The Rebel's Silhouette: Selected Poems","description":"Born in India and considered the leading poet on the South Asian subcontinent, Faiz Ahmed Faiz (1911-1984) was a two-time Nobel nominee and winner of the 1962 Lenin Peace Prize. His evening readings in Hindi\/Urdu-speaking regions drew thousands of listeners. Associated with the Communist party in his youth, Faiz became an outspoken poet in opposition to the Pakistani government. This volume offers a selection of Faiz's poetry in a bilingual Urdu\/English edition with a new introduction by poet and translator Agha Shahid Ali.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFaiz Ahmed Faiz was not only a prize-winning poet, but also a professor of English Literature, a distinguished editor, and a major figure in the Afro-Asian writer's movement.Agha Shahid Ali is on the M.F.A poetry faculty at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. His most recent books of poetry are \u003ci\u003eA Nostalgist's Map of America\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Beloved Witness: Selected Poems.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Massachusetts Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50641996579090,"sku":"9780870239755","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1dc63f7a-fb71-4b0d-b805-5aa59cd97bc3.jpg?v=1733050408","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-rebels-silhouette-selected-poems-9780870239755","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}