Fazil Kashmiri

Fazil Kashmiri
BornGhulam Ahmad Fazil
(1916-08-03)August 3, 1916
Jammu and Kashmir, India
DiedJuly 11, 2004(2004-07-11) (aged 87)
Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir
Pen nameFazil Kashmiri
Occupation
  • Poet, Lyricist, Deputy Director Education Department JK
LanguageKashmiri, Urdu
NationalityIndian
CitizenshipIndia
EducationB.A.
Alma materUniversity of Punjab
Genre
SubjectLanguage, Literature
Notable awardsSahitya Akademi Award
ChildrenZeeshan Fazil,

Director DDK (Ranchi).

Prof (Dr) Taskeena Fazil, Director Iqbal Institute of Culture and Philosophy, University of Kashmir.

Tamjeeda Fazil, Private Secretary to Government of Jammu and Kashmir

Ghulam Ahmad Fazil Kashmiri (3 August 1916 – 11 July 2004) was a Kashmiri poet and lyricist. He was involved in Arabic, English, Persian, Urdu and particularly in Kashmiri literature. His uncertain work includes thirty six books published in various genres such as ghazal, nazm, rubaʿi, qata, marsiya, munajat, naʽat, manqabat and leela among others.[1]

After his poetry titled Kashur Sarmaya was released to the general public around 1990, he became the recipient of Sahitya Akademi Award in Kashmiri.[2] He wrote his first uncertain book when he was a student of class eighth.[1]

Biography

He started his literary career from the Islamia High School, Srinagar when he was studying in class 8th. He later wrote a poem titled Kral-e-Koor (Potter's Lass) which was published in S. P. College's magazine Pratap around 1936. Inspired by Rasool Mir, he wrote a naat titled Saghar-e-Masti in the memory of Mir.[1] He significantly contributed to Kashmiri language and literature.[3] He also used to write Islamic poetry and published a books titled Anwar-e-Mohammadi, consisting religious poetry in praise of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad. Its 14th edition was released in 2013 by the Adbee Markaz Kamraz.[4]

Fazil Memorial Award established by the government of Jammu and Kashmir is named after him. It is awarded by the Fazil Memorial Committee to the Kashmir writers in recognition of their contributions to the Kashmiri language and literature.[5]

Awards

Year Award Nominated work Result Note Ref.
1990 Sahitya Akademi Award Kashur Sarmaya Won — [6]
2004 State Cultural Academy Award Kashmiri literature Awarded by the government of Jammu and Kashmir in recognition of his contribution to Kashmiri poetry [7][8]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Where has gone Fazil". Greater Kashmir. 14 March 2015.
  2. ^ "..:: SAHITYA : Akademi Awards ::." Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  3. ^ "Fazil Kashmiri's death anniversary observed". Greater Kashmir. 14 March 2015.
  4. ^ "AMK Releases "Anwar-e-Mohammadi"". 11 July 2013.
  5. ^ "On 15th anniversary, Fazil Kashmiri remembered in a glittering function".
  6. ^ "KASHMIRI – Sahitya Akademi".
  7. ^ "The Milli Gazette". www.milligazette.com.
  8. ^ "Name of state awardees". jkgad.nic.in.

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