Ashfaq Hussain

Ashfaq Hussain Zaidi, PP, (born 1 January 1951) is an Urdu Pakistani poet and an author of more than 10 books of poetry and literary criticism. He is considered at least by one commentator to be an expert on the life and works of Urdu poets Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Ahmad Faraz and also on Progressive Writers Movement.

Authored

 * Faiz Ek Jaiza (1977)
 * Aitabar (1979)
 * That Day Will Dawn (1985)
 * Neendar Nal Rishta (1986)
 * Hum Ajnabi Hain (1992)
 * Faiz Habib e Amberdast (1992)
 * Faiz ke Maghrabi Hawaley (1993)
 * Faiz shakhsiat aur fun (2006)
 * Ahmad Faraz: yadoon ka ek sunehra waraq (2008)
 * Aashian Gum Karda (2009)
 * Mein Gaya Waqt Nahin Hoon(2010)(Published in India)
 * Sheeshoan Ka Masiha (2011)
 * Deewar-e-Dabastan Par (2012)

His Urdu poetry has been translated in English and Punjabi.