Habib Jalib was a Pakistani revolutionary poet and left-wing political activist who opposed martial law, authoritarianism, military dictatorship and state oppression. He wrote several poems in Punjabi and Urdu and was referred to as the "poet of the masses" by his contemporary Faiz Ahmad Faiz.
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About this person
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1928 to 1993 · aged 64
Written about in
9 languages
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