Firaq Gorakhpuri is the pen name of Raghupati Sahai, a renowned
Urdu poet. Born in 1896, he lived in
Allahabad and wrote more than 40,000 couplets, several collections of
ghazals and poems. His poetic creations were published in three anthologies, 'Rooh-o-Qaayanath', 'Gul-e-Ra’naa' and 'Nagma-numaa'. In 1960, he was awarded by
Sahitya Akademi for his collection 'Gul-e-Nagma'. He was also a popular literary critic. He passed away in 1982.
