A book of poetry by Faiz Ahmad Faiz – one of the best known, the most venerated poet to have come from the Indo-Pakistan subcontinent over the last 70 years – has been launched at the Eastern Culture Centre at the Institute of Oriental Studies under the Russian Academy of Sciences on 22 June 2022. The publication of the book coincides with the Diamond Jubilee of Pakistan’s Independence.
The book has been published at Khudoz-hestevnnayaLiteratura publishing house by the Em-bassy of Pakistan in Moscow in collaboration with the Institute of Oriental Studies. This book is unique because it comprises all the translations of Faiz Ahmed Faiz’s poems which have ever been published in Russian language. Dr. LuydmilaVaseliyeva, one of the world-renewed specialists on Urdu poetry, compiled the volume.
In his opening remarks, Ambassador of Pakistan to Russia, Mr. Shafqat Ali Khan said that Faiz’s poetry made a significant contribution to the emer-gence of mutual understanding between the peoples of Pakistan and Russia, and that the poet’s work found a special place in the hearts of Russian readers.—PR
