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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 same to write the Hindu treatise known as the Yogasutra, and Dridhbala, who revised the Charaka Samhita of Ayurveda.
Kamil was born at Kaprin, a village in South Kashmir. [4] He graduated in Arts from the Punjab University and took his degree in Law from the Aligarh Muslim University. [citation needed] He joined the Bar in 1947 and continued to practice Law until 1949, when he was appointed a lecturer in Sri Pratap College, Srinagar.
Ghulam Nabi Gowhar (born Ghulam Nabi Muqeem; 26 June 1934 – 19 June 2018) was a multilingual Kashmiri author, novelist, poet, columnist and a retired sessions jurist.He wrote about sixty books in Kashmiri, Urdu, and in English languages on various subjects such as politics, literature, history and on Sufism.
Following is the list of recipients of Sahitya Akademi translation prizes for their works written in Kashmiri. The award, as of 2019, consisted of ₹ 50,000. [ 1 ]
A written record of the vakhs was unavailable at the time, and one was prepared by transcribing an oral narration of the vakhs performed by Dharma-dasa Darwesh, a story-teller residing in Gush, Kashmir. This manuscript was translated in English by Grierson and published as Lalla-Vakyani, or The Wise Sayings of Lal Ded. [13]
The oldest compilation of marsiya literature in Kashmir in a manuscript form (biyaz) dates back to 1725, when Kashmir was under Mughal rule. Other biyaz compiled during the 18th century include those written in 1769 and 1794. [52] Of the marsiya written, more than a hundred are still recited in public mourning ceremonies across Kashmir. [5]
Mohammad Zahid was born in 1977 at Anantnag in Kashmir Valley. His father Bashir Ahmad Makhdoomi and mother Badshah Gowher were scholars of English literature and Persian literature, respectively. [2] Zahid had his early education in Anantnag. Having his Bachelor's degree in Science, he studied English Literature at Aligarh Muslim University.
Adbi Markaz Kamraz (AMK), sometimes referred to as Adbee Markaz Kamraz Jammu and Kashmir (AMKJK), is the oldest and the largest cultural and literary organisation of the Jammu Jammu and Kashmir union territory focused on promoting and preserving Kashmiri culture, literature, art [2] [3] and Kashmiri language in particular.