Saqi Farooqi

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

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]

  1. ^ Parekh, Rauf (25 December 2016). "Poetically inclined". Dawn.com. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Voices of the Dispossessed". Indianexpress.com. 13 January 2018.
  3. ^ "Annual of Urdu Studies, No. 3, 1983. Page 27. -- Annual of Urdu Studies -- Digital South Asia Library". Dsal.uchicago.edu. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  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.