Kashmiri Lal Zakir

Kashmiri Lal Zakir
Born India
Occupation Poet, Novelist, Short story writer, Playwright
Years active Since 1940s
Known for Ghazals
Awards Padma Shri
Fakhr-e-Haryana
Website Official blog

Kashmiri Lal Zakir is 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 in the Forties, a publication from Lahore, encompasses novels, drams, short stories and travelogues.[2] He served the Punjab Education Department in the British India and has 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] He 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]

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  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" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Retrieved July 21, 2015.


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