Ghulam Rasool Nazki

Mir Ghulam Rasool Nazki (16 March 1910 16 April 1998), also spelled Meer Ghulam Rasul Naazki, was a Kashmiri poet, writer, broadcaster, and teacher. He wrote books, including poetry in regional and foreign languages such as Urdu, Persian, Arabic and later work in Kashmiri language. The receipent of Sahitya Akademi Award for ''Awaz-e-dost'', a Kashmiri poetry, he is also credited as the "first Kashmiri writer" to write in Ruplic of India after independence, and the first poet to resuscitate quatrain poetic form in Kashmiri literature, which originally began during the period of thirteen and fourteenth century poets such as Lal Ded and Nund Reshi.

He wrote poetry on various subjects and in poetic genres such as rubaʿi, spiritualism, moral philosophy, gazals, esthetics and in satirical genre.

Early life and education

He was born to Mir Ghulam Mustafa on 16 March 1910 in a spiritualism family. He received his initial schooling from his father Mir Ghulam Mustafa. At early age, he completed traditional education in religious texts, Persian and in Arabic, and later completed his intermediate schooling from a school at Bandipore. He later did his matriculation from the Islamia College of Science and Commerce, Srinagar.

After completing his education, he was appointed as a language teacher at a primary school in Kupwara district when he was sixteen. After serving in education department, he joined Radio Kashmir Jammu in 1948 as an announcer, and later joined the All India Radio until he retired from radio broadcasting service in 1966.

Literary career

He began writing around 1928 while serving as a teacher at Kupwara district. The first Urdu classical poetry he came across was '' Aab-e hayat'' by Muhammad Husain Azad, and later he started writing verse poetic compositions in Urdu language which was first published in Urdu magazines such as '' Kaleem'' and '' Adb-e-Lateef'', 1930s literary magazines edited by Josh Malihabadi and other literary figures of that time. His poetry titled ''Ekand Hilad Kiki Dua'' is recognized one of the prominent writings in Jammu and Kashmir.

He wrote his first volume of Urdu poetry titled ''Deedai Tar'' in 1948, leading him to become the first writer of Kashmir to write after independence. He later wrote ''Chirageraah'' and ''Mataifaqeer'' Urdu poetries. He also wrote a book on Gani Kashmiri's verses and a monograph on Dinanath Nadim, 9th century's Kashmiri poet. In the later years, he wrote poetry in Kashmiri language, including ''Nimrudnama'', ''Awaze Dost'' and ''Kaweyenewol''.

Awards and accordion

In 1987, he became the receipent of Sahitya Akademi Award, a literary honour in India, for his poetry titled ''Awaz-e-dost''. He, according to Mohammad Yousuf Taing was referred to as "Jamiulkamalat".

Death

Nazki was suffering from colorectal cancer, and was asked to for medical treatment. He refused to treat his disease and died on 16 April 1998 in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir. He is buried near Kathi Darwaza.

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1910 births
1998 deaths
Kashmiri poets
Poets from Jammu and Kashmir
Urdu-language poets from India
Persian-language poets
Arabic-language poets
Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Kashmiri