Fiza Ibn Faizi
Did this sketch for a book cover of Fiza ibn Faizi ,a native of Maunath Bhanjan (Mau) district of Uttar Pradesh (UP). He was considered a ‘qadir-ul-kalaam’ poet and had received numerous awards from across the Urdu world. At least, six poetry collections of Faizi had been published and acclaimed.
Few lines from one of his Gazal
"
hai hunar_maNd to is naqsh ko paanii pe ubhaar
Khud ko sone ke waraq par too likhega kitna
shaharyaaro jo nahiiN laayaq-e-masnad, na sahii
yah meraa jism saliiboN pe sajega kitna"