Fazil Kashmiri
Fazil Kashmiri | |
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| Born | Ghulam Ahmad Fazil August 3, 1916 Jammu and Kashmir, India |
| Died | July 11, 2004 (aged 87) Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir |
| Pen name | Fazil Kashmiri |
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| Language | Kashmiri, Urdu |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Citizenship | India |
| Education | B.A. |
| Alma mater | University of Punjab |
| Genre | |
| Subject | Language, Literature |
| Notable awards | Sahitya Akademi Award |
| Children | Zeeshan Fazil,
Director DDK (Ranchi). Prof (Dr) Taskeena Fazil, Director Iqbal Institute of Culture and Philosophy, University of Kashmir. Tamjeeda Fazil, Assistant Manager (Steno), Jammu & Kashmir State Industrial Development Corporation. |
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.
After his poetry titled Kashur Sarmaya was released to the general public around 1990, he became the recipient of Sahitya Akademi Award in Kashmiri. He wrote his first uncertain book when he was a student of class eighth.