Zinda Kaul

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Zinda Kaul (1884–1965) was an Indian poet, writer and teacher. He composed in Persian, Hindi, Urdu and Kashmiri.[1] Kaul also translated works of Kashmiri into English, Persian and Hindi.

Personal life[edit]

Zinda Kaul was also known as MasterJi[2] by his students and friends.

Kaul was born on August 1884 in Habbakadal, a city in Srinagar into a Kashmiri Pandit family.[citation needed] His father, Lakshman Pandit, was indifferent to his formal education and Kaul had to face many difficulties in his life. He was a school teacher for a long time. After that, he worked as a clerk. In 1939, Kaul retired from the Publicity office of Kashmir as a translator.[2][3]

Death[edit]

He died in Jammu in the winter of 1965.[citation needed]

Literary work[edit]

Zinda Kaul was the first Kashmiri poet to win the Sahitya Academy award in 1956, for his book of poetry compilations Sumran.[4] It was first published in Devanagari, and later the government had it printed in the Persio-Arabic script. The Sahitya Academy of India gave Kaul an award of five thousand rupees for this book.

Kaul initially wrote in Persian, Hindi, and Urdu. His first poem was Unity and Sympathy, written in 1896 and recited it at the Sanatan Dharm Sabha meeting in Srinagar.[5] Masterji started writing in Kashmiri in 1942.[2] In his Kashmiri poetry, he has written primarily on devotion, philosophy and peace.[6] Masterji's poetry has been published in all these four languages. However, he made his name by writing in Kashmiri.

Kaul composed poetry only for his own pleasure. Critics say that his poems in Kashmiri were better than those in Hindi and Urdu.[7]

Translations[edit]

Zinda Kaul translated the works of the mystic Kashmiri writer and poet Nand Ram Parmanand into English, in three volumes.[8]

Award[edit]

  • Sahitya Academy Award for Kashmiri literature (1956), for Sumran.[citation needed]

See also[edit]

Notes and references[edit]

  1. ↑ "Zinda Kaul". kunear.com. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "community - prominent kashmiris". Kashmir Education, Culture & Science society (KECSS). Retrieved 7 July 2012.
  3. ↑ Krishan Lal Kalla (1997). Eminent Personalities of Kashmir. New Delhi: Discovery Publishing House. pp. 105–. ISBN 978-81-7141-345-4. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  4. ↑ George, K. M. (1992). Modern Indian Literature, an Anthology, Vol 3. p. 692. ISBN 9788172013240. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
  5. ↑ Rai, Mridu (2004). Hindu Rulers, Muslim Subjects: Islam, Rights and the history of Kashmir. C. Hurst & Co Ltd, London. p. 249. ISBN 1-85065-661-4.
  6. ↑ Nazam, lisindia.net. "Kashmir LIterature". CIIL. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
  7. ↑ Sumeran ( Master Zinda Kaul). YouTube. Archived from the original on 9 December 2021.
  8. ↑ "Welcome to Kashmir (Valley of Saints)". khirbhawani.org. Retrieved 6 September 2012.

External links[edit]

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