Kashmiri Lal Zakir

Kashmiri Lal Zakir
Born (1919-04-07)7 April 1919
India
Died 31 August 2016(2016-08-31) (aged 97)
Occupation Writer
Years active 1940s–2016
Known for Ghazal
Awards Padma Shri
Fakhr-e-Haryana
Website Official blog

Kashmiri Lal Zakir (7 April 1919 - 31 August 2016) was an Indian poet, novelist, dramatist and short story writer of Urdu literature.[1]

His career—which started with his first ghazal published in Adabi Duniya, a publication from Lahore, in the 1940s—encompasses novels, dramas, short stories and travelogues.[2]

Zakir served the Punjab Education Department in then British India and had been involved with Haryana Urdu Academy for a number of years as its chairman.[3] He has written in Hindi and Urdu,[4][5] including Tin cihre ek saval, a ghazal anthology,[6] Ab Mujhey Sone Do, a novel[7] and Aey Mao Behno Betiyo, a collection of articles.[8]

Zakir is a recipient of the honour of Fakhr-e-Haryana from the Government of Haryana.[1] The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri, in 2006, for his contributions to Indian literature.[9]

Zakir died on 31 August 2016 at the age of 97.[10]

References

  1. 1 2 "Biography of Kashmiri Lal Zakir". Urdu Youth Forum. 2015. Retrieved December 13, 2015.
  2. ↑ "K. L. Zakir: The pride of Urdu". Spectrum. 28 June 2009. Retrieved December 13, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Academy hosts nonagenarian Kashmiri Lal Zakir". Daily Excelsior. 17 April 2013. Retrieved December 13, 2015.
  4. ↑ "WorldCat profile". WorldCat. 2015. Retrieved December 13, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Hindi Book Centre profile". Hindi Book Centre. 2015. Retrieved December 13, 2015.
  6. ↑ Kashmiri Lal Zakir (1981). Tin cihre ek saval. Maudarn Pablishing Haus. p. 40. ASIN B0000E7D2L.
  7. ↑ Kashmiri Lal Zakir (2008). Ab Mujhey Sone Do. Hindi Book Centre. p. 111. ISBN 9788181871534.
  8. ↑ Aey Mao Behno Betiyo. Hindi Book Centre. 2010. p. 128. ISBN 9788182236127.
  9. ↑ "Padma Awards". Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 15, 2014. Retrieved July 21, 2015.
  10. ↑ KL Zakir, doyen of Urdu literature, dead at 97



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