Irfan siddiqui was born 8th Jan 1939 in Badayun. His poetic works include "kanvas", "Shab-e-darmian", "Ishq-nama", "Saat amavat", "Hava-e-dashte marya". "Darya" is the compilation of all these books published from Pakistan. He died in Lucknow in 2004.
Its a total poetry collection of Irfan Siddiqui compiled by famous Urdu Short story writer & novelist Syed Muhammad Ashraf.