Saqi Farooqi

Pakistani poet (1936–2018)

Saqi Farooqi
ساقی فاروقی

Born	(1936-12-21)21 December 1936 Gorakhpur, India
Died	19 January 2018(2018-01-19) (aged 81) London
Known for	Poetry

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]

Died

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

References

^ Parekh, Rauf (25 December 2016). "Poetically inclined". Dawn.com. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
^ "Voices of the Dispossessed". Indianexpress.com. 13 January 2018.
^ "Annual of Urdu Studies, No. 3, 1983. Page 27. -- Annual of Urdu Studies -- Digital South Asia Library". Dsal.uchicago.edu. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
^ Ṣiddīqī, Naẓīr (19 January 1998). "Columns on Books in English and Urdu". N. Siddiqi – via Google Books.
^ Farooqi, Saqi (19 January 1985). "Behram Ki wapsi". Qausain – via Google Books.
^ Farooqi, Saqi (19 January 1981). "Razoon say bhara basta". Sweeza Art – via Google Books.
^ "Renowned Poet Saqi Farooqi Passes Away In London". Abbtakk.tv.