JournalismPakistan.com
November 22, 2018

LAHORE - Renowned Pakistani poet, writer, and human rights activist Fahmida Riaz passed away in Lahore on Wednesday following a long illness. She was 73.

She authored more than 15 books on poetry and fiction, and also headed the National Book Foundation.

She is regarded as a pioneer in feminist literature.

She left Pakistan to live in self-exile in India during the rule of former military ruler General Zia-ul-Haq and returned only after his death.

Riaz was born in Meerut, India on July 28, 1945.

Some of her famous works include Godaavari, Badan Dareeda and Khana e Aab O Gila.

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