Mohammed Ramzan Bhat (1937 October 2020), known by his
pen name
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as Mashal Sultanpuri, was a Kashmiri poet, writer and critic. He was primarily engaged in writing Kashmiri prose. Prior to his appointment as a patron of
Adbee Markaz Kamraz, the oldest
literary organization of
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, he served as a president of AMK.
In 2009, he became the recipient of
Sahitya Akademi Award for his
literary criticism
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book titled ''Vont''. He was among the other campaigners who helped
Kashmiri literature to be included in curriculum.
Biography
He was born in 1937 as Mohammed Ramzan Bhat in Sultanpur
Baramulla. He initially wrote under different pen names but later chose to go with Mashal Sultanpuri.
He wrote nineteen poetic books in
Urdu and
Kashmiri languages. During his school days, he was engaged in copying the poems of famous poets and later published his own poetry collection titled ''Keh Ghazale'' at the apparent age of sixteen. The second poetic collection he published in 1966 was ''Dubrai''. In 1974, he published another poetry titled ''Heevan''.
He also translated some uncertain publications of
Muhammad Iqbal, Sheikh Sarmad and
Shakespeare's Sonnets. Later, he translated ''August Na'', a play by
Manoranjan Das originally published in
Odia language.
References
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1937 births
2020 deaths
Kashmiri poets
Poets from Jammu and Kashmir
People from Baramulla district
Urdu-language poets from India
Indian literary critics
Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Kashmiri
Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Prize for Translation