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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]

Fazil Kashmiri
Born	Ghulam Ahmad Fazil (1916-08-03)August 3, 1916 Jammu and Kashmir, India
Died	July 11, 2004(2004-07-11) (aged 87) Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir
Pen name	Fazil Kashmiri
Occupation	Poet, Lyricist, Deputy Director Education Department JK
Language	Kashmiri, Urdu
Nationality	Indian
Citizenship	India
Education	B.A.
Alma mater	University of Punjab
Genre	Ghazal Nazm Rubaʿi Qata Marsiya Munajat Naʽat Manqabat Leela
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, Private Secretary to Government of Jammu and Kashmir

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. It's 14th edition of 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

Further reading

• KNS (11 July 2020). "Hajini Pays Tribute to Fazil kashmiri on his 16th Anniversary". KNS. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
• "Noted poet Fazil Kashmiri remembered". Tribuneindia News Service. 25 December 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
• "Adbee Markaz Kamraz observes Fazil Kashmiri Day". Scoop News Jammu Kashmir. Retrieved 4 January 2021.

External links

• Fazil Kashmiri at IMDb

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