Pakistani Literary Figures

Which Pakistani Urdu poet was given "Lenin Award' by the ex-USSR Government?

سابق سوویت یونین کی حکومت نے کس پاکستانی اردو شاعر کو "لینن ایوارڈ" دیا؟
Answer: Faiz Ahmad Faiz
Explanation

Faiz was the first Asian poet to be awarded the Lenin Peace Prize (1962) by the Soviet Union 

was also nominated for the Nobel Prize in literature.

Faiz Ahmad Faiz is also the author of Urdu and Punjabi literature.

Born: February 13, 1911, Narowal

Died: November 20, 1984, in Lahore

while 

Name only two Pakistani who got Lenin Prize.

Faiz Ahmad Faiz revived Lenin Prize in 1962.

 Abdul Satar Edhi revived Lenin Prize in 1988.

ND28-4-2023

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