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Poet5 profiles

Published so far: Faiz Ahmed Faiz , Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi , Muhammad Iqbal , Rabindranath Tagore , William Shakespeare . They were born between 1207 and 1911. Within the site's categories they sit under Writers & Authors.

Published biographies of poets. A person listed here carries this profession as their main role or as one of their additional roles — people with several roles appear under each profession they practised.

Associated countries: Pakistan , Lebanon , Afghanistan , Turkey , United Kingdom , Germany , India .

Faiz Ahmed Faiz reading a book, in a black-and-white photograph

Faiz Ahmed Faiz Poet · 1911–1984 Writers & Authors

Historical Ottoman-era painting of Rumi, seated in a dark robe and tall cap

Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi Poet and Sufi mystic · 1207–1273 Writers & Authors

Muhammad Iqbal seated in a garden chair, photographed in 1935

Muhammad Iqbal Poet and philosopher · 1877–1938 Writers & Authors

Portrait photograph of Rabindranath Tagore in 1909, a bearded man in a dark robe

Rabindranath Tagore Poet and writer · 1861–1941 Writers & Authors

The Chandos portrait of William Shakespeare, an oil painting attributed to John Taylor, c. 1610

William Shakespeare Playwright and poet · 1564–1616 Writers & Authors

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