Marghoob Banihali | |
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Born | 5 March 1937 Bankoot, Banihal |
Died | 27 April 2021 Srinagar, Kashmir | (aged 84)
Notable awards | Sahitya Akademi Award |
Ghulam Mohammed Giri (5 March 1937 [1] – 27 April 2021) also known by his pen name Marghoob Banihali was a Kashmiri poet from Bankoot, Banihal, in the state of Jammu and Kashmir. [2]
Marghoob lost his mother when he was 8, and father when he was 14.[ citation needed] 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. [2]
Marghoob Banihali died on 27 April 2021 at his home in Srinagar.
Banihali was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award for Kashmiri literature in 1979 for his collection of poetry - Partavistan. [3] 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. [3]
Marghoob Banihali | |
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Born | 5 March 1937 Bankoot, Banihal |
Died | 27 April 2021 Srinagar, Kashmir | (aged 84)
Notable awards | Sahitya Akademi Award |
Ghulam Mohammed Giri (5 March 1937 [1] – 27 April 2021) also known by his pen name Marghoob Banihali was a Kashmiri poet from Bankoot, Banihal, in the state of Jammu and Kashmir. [2]
Marghoob lost his mother when he was 8, and father when he was 14.[ citation needed] 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. [2]
Marghoob Banihali died on 27 April 2021 at his home in Srinagar.
Banihali was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award for Kashmiri literature in 1979 for his collection of poetry - Partavistan. [3] 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. [3]