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Ghulam Nabi Khayal
Born(1939-03-04)4 March 1939
Died (aged 84)
OccupationPoet, essayist, Journalist, writer and translator

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]

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

  • Allama Iqbal aur Tehreek-e-Azadi-e-Kashmir
  • Gaashir Munaar[7]
  • Chinar Rang
  • Fikr-e-Khayal
  • Iqbal aur Tehreek-e-Azadi-e-Kashmir
  • Karvaan-e-Khayal
  • Khayalat
  • Khayal-e-Qalam
  • Pragaash[8]
  • Kashmir, The Burning of a Paradise

Awards

Sahitya Akademi Award in year 1975.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Now Kashmiri writer returns Sahitya Akademi award". The Hindu. PTI. 12 October 2015. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  2. ↑ ANI (13 October 2015). "Kashmiri writer Ghulam Nabi Khayal also gives up his Sahitya Akademi award". Business Standard India. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  3. ↑ "Kashmiri Writer Khayal Returns Sahitya Akademi Award". The Wire. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  4. ↑ Service, Tribune News. "Kashmiri writer too decides to return Sahitya Akademi award". Tribuneindia News Service. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  5. ↑ "Now Kashmiri writer Ghulam Nabi Khayal returns Sahitya Akademi award". The Economic Times. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  6. ↑ Desk, GK Web (15 October 2023). "Sahitya Akademi award winning writer Gh Nabi Khayal passes away". Greater Kashmir. Retrieved 15 October 2023. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "..:: SAHITYA : Akademi Awards ::." sahitya-akademi.gov.in. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  8. ↑ "Urdu Books of Gulam Nabi Khayal". Rekhta. Retrieved 9 March 2021.