Ghulam Nabi Khayal
Indian poet and writer (died 2023)
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Ghulam Nabi Khayal (4 March 1939 – 15 October 2023) was an Indian Kashmiri poet and essayist. He authored 30 books in Kashmiri, Urdu and English.[1][2]
Born4 March 1939
Died (aged 84)
[Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir
OccupationsPoet, essayist, Journalist, writer and translator
Ghulam Nabi Khayal | |
|---|---|
| Born | 4 March 1939 |
| Died | (aged 84) [Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir |
| Occupations | Poet, essayist, Journalist, writer and translator |
Khayal was the winner of Sahitya Akademi Award but he returned the award as a sign of protest.[3] He became the first Kashmiri to return the literary award as a sign of protest in the valley.[4][5]
Ghulam Nabi Khayal died on 15 October 2023, at the age of 84.[6]
Books
Awards
Sahitya Akademi Award in year 1975.[7]