Daybreak: Writings on Faiz

Daybreak: Writings on Faiz was initiated as a project of the Gurmani Centre for Languages and Literature at the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) to mark the Faiz Ahmed Faiz centenary. The book brings together articles and essays on Faiz by British, American, Russian, Indian, and Pakistani writers along with Faiz's poems rendered into English by thirteen translators. Two of Faiz's interviews sum up the poet's own views on art, literature, and the artist. Ranging from purely critical writings to reminiscences and memoirs, the collection provides a comprehensive overview of the poet's persona, his work, and the major happenings that influenced and shaped his literary career. The book is compiled as a tribute to Faiz and will be significant because this represents the first time such diverse material in English has been collected in a single volume.

Yasmeen Hameed, Writer in Residence, Lahore University of Management Sciences

Yasmeen Hameed has over twenty five years of experience in the fields of education, literature, and the arts. She is Writer in Residence at the Lahore University of Management Sciences, where she is responsible for designing and teaching courses in Urdu Literature. She also manages the Gurmani Centre for Languages and Literature at LUMS.

She has authored five books of poetry in Urdu. She has edited and translated Pakistani Urdu Verse, An Anthology (Oxford University Press 2010) introducing sixty-three Urdu poets of the post-Iqbal period. She was Guest Editor of Pakistani Literature (English), published by the Pakistan Academy of Letters, Islamabad, and has edited eight volumes of the journal, including two volumes of a special issue on women writers from Pakistan.