Ghulam Mohammed Giri (5 March 1937
– 27 April 2021) also known by his pen name Marghoob Banihali was a Kashmiri poet from Bankoot,
Banihal
Banihal () is a town and a notified area committee, near Ramban town in Ramban district in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It is a rural and hilly area with Kamirwah being one of the most prominent hills. It is located about ...
, in the state of
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* Kashmir, the northernmost geographical region of the Indian subcontinent
* Jammu and Kashmir (union territory), a region administered by India as a union territory
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.
Personal life
Marghoob lost his mother when he was 8, and father when he was 14. He worked in various capacities at the
University of Kashmir, in the Department of Kashmiri Language, the Department of Central Asian Studies, and the Iqbal Institute.
Death
Marghoob Banihali died on 27 April 2021 at his home in Srinagar.
Literary work
Banihali was awarded the
Sahitya Akademi Award for Kashmiri literature in 1979 for his collection of poetry - Partavistan.
He returned his Sahitya Akademi award against the rising intolerance and communal violence in the state of Jammu and Kashmir that resulted in the death of Zahid Bhat, a youth from Batengoo in South Kashmir.
Awards and notable achievements
* Sahitya Academy Award for Kashmiri literature (1979), for ''Partavistan''
See also
*
List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Kashmiri
The Sahitya Akademi Awards have been given annually since 1955 by the Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters. They are awarded to writers in the various languages of India in recognition of their outstanding contribution to the u ...
References
1937 births
2021 deaths
Kashmiri poets
Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Kashmiri
People from Srinagar
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