# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ahmad-faraz
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:04:18.679Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ahmad-faraz"
name: "Ahmad Faraz"
slug: "ahmad-faraz"
description: "Syed Ahmad Shah, better known by his pen name Ahmad Faraz, was a Pakistani Urdu poet, scriptwriter and became the founding director general of Pakistan Academy of Letters. He wrote his poetry under the pseudonym Faraz. He criticised military rule and coup d'état in the country and was displaced by the military dictators."
tagline: "Pakistani writer (1931–2008)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ahmadfaraz1.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1931-01-12"
deathDate: "2008-08-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.16
  momentum:             4.168861799058469
  historical:           9.568006666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF_%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B2"
    title: "احمد فراز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%A6_%E0%A6%AB%E0%A7%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%9C"
    title: "আহমদ ফৰাজ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A6_%E0%A4%AB%E0%A4%BC%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BC"
    title: "अहमद फ़राज़"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmad_Faraz"
    title: "Ahmad Faraz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A6_%E0%A4%AB%E0%A4%BC%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BC"
    title: "अहमद फ़राज़"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%85%E0%A8%B9%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%AE%E0%A8%A6_%E0%A8%AB%E0%A8%BC%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%9C%E0%A8%BC"
    title: "ਅਹਿਮਦ ਫ਼ਰਾਜ਼"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF_%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B2"
    title: "احمد فراز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmed_Faraz"
    title: "Ahmed Faraz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B7%2C_%D0%90%D1%85%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%B4"
    title: "Фараз, Ахмад"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sd.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF_%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B2"
    title: "احمد فراز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmad_Faraz"
    title: "Ahmad Faraz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%85%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%B4_%D0%A4%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B7"
    title: "Ахмад Фараз"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q379507"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump