Mohammed Ramzan Bhat (1937 October 2020), known by his

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as Mashal Sultanpuri, was a Kashmiri poet, writer and critic. He was primarily engaged in writing Kashmiri prose. Prior to his appointment as a patron of Adbee Markaz Kamraz, the oldest literary organization of

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, he served as a president of AMK. In 2009, he became the recipient of

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for his

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book titled ''Vont''. He was among the other campaigners who helped

Kashmiri literature Literature of Kashmir has a long history, the oldest texts having been composed in the Sanskrit language. Early names include Patanjali, the author of the ''Mahābhāṣya'' commentary on Pāṇini's grammar, suggested by some to have been the sam ...

to be included in curriculum.

Biography

He was born in 1937 as Mohammed Ramzan Bhat in Sultanpur

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. He initially wrote under different pen names but later chose to go with Mashal Sultanpuri. He wrote nineteen poetic books in

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and

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s. During his school days, he was engaged in copying the poems of famous poets and later published his own poetry collection titled ''Keh Ghazale'' at the apparent age of sixteen. The second poetic collection he published in 1966 was ''Dubrai''. In 1974, he published another poetry titled ''Heevan''. He also translated some uncertain publications of

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, Sheikh Sarmad and

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. Later, he translated ''August Na'', a play by

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originally published in

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sultanpuri, Mashal 1937 births 2020 deaths Kashmiri poets Poets from Jammu and Kashmir People from Baramulla district Urdu-language poets from India Indian literary critics Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Kashmiri