Fazil Kashmiri The Poet
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. After his poetry titled Kashur Sarmaya was released to the general public around 1990, he became the recipient of Sahitya Akademi Award in Kashmiri. He wrote his first uncertain book when he was a student of class eighth. 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. He significantly contributed to Kashmiri language and literature. 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. Its 14th edition was released in 2013 by the Adbee Markaz Kamraz. 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 literatur
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Fazil kashmiri is a poet of people. He sang songs of love in the folk form of Kashmiri poetry. Like Habba Khatoon, Arnimal and Rasool Mir, Fazil Kashmir's lyricisim is cathchy and enduring.
it is not unusal to find little girls in Kashmir while transplanting paddy, seedlings sing in chorus 'Vaakh' of Nund Reshi and "Kral-Koor" of Fazil Kashmiri.
Author of 37 books, Sahitiya Academy awardee 1990, thrice awardee of J&K State Cultural Academy. Awarded by S.G.P.C. (Amritsar) for translating Guru Granth Sahib In Kashmiri and Urdu languages and recipient of Harmony Award 1993 (by the prime minister of India).
This 1916 born, teacher-poet is not influenced by the 'isms' and 'movements' in literature, but has definitely adopted from the technique of modern verse to his advantage.
He is a preacher, elite scholar reformer, a devout Muslim, a patriot and an educationist. He wrote poems of love of seasons AUTUNM, POTERS-DAUGHTER Wild Sparrow, Shephard Girl, Washer Women, Beautiful Dal Lake and numerous poems for children and dealt each subject sensitively and with fine craftsmanship bringing out the aesthetics in Kashmiri language.
His poems of nature and love have charm of Wordsworth and sensitivity of Sumitranandan Panth. He wrote a versatile volume of Naats (Anwari-Mohhammadi) a book on Krishan Leela, poems on Christ and translated Japji Sahib, Sukhmani Sahib and the message of ninth Guru in Kashmiri and thus attained a unique place as multidimensional poet in modern Kashmir. Fazil Kashmiri is a man of many attributes
He is phenomenon, he is a living legend.
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"Jenab Fazil Kashmiri is a distinguished stalwart of the contemporary cultural millieu in Kashmiri. He has written some of the most sweetest and beautiful songs which are sung in every nook and corner of Kashmir Valley. He represnets the wholesome ethos of Kashmir's secular culture."
Dr. Farooq Abdullah
He is is indeed a remarkable human being and is in tradition Lal Ded and Nund Reshi who sang songs of love afor God and between human beings regardless of their religious persuasions
Dr. Karan Singh
I have felt essence of true human being in Fazil's poetry. I am his fan since college days since he started the Kashmiri section of Pratap magazine in 1936
Dina Nath Nadim
"All the lovely poems of Fazil Kashmiri breathe patriotic sentiment, reverence of our great religious leaders, Whatever community they belong, for they truly belong to whole world to all of us"
Prof. J. L. Koul
"Fazil's appeal is primarily to those very simple folks, who require to be re-enforced in their traditional values of religious tolereance, social harmony and human reverence"
Prof. P. N. Pushp
"Fazil Kashmiri's forte is memorial simplicity of his poetry. His preoccupation being the idea of brotherhood of man. His poems sing admirely well reminding of what PATER said about all art tending to music."
Dr. M. S. Want