Marghoob Banihali
Born5 March 1937
Bankoot, Banihal
Died27 April 2021(2021-04-27) (aged 84)
Srinagar, Kashmir
Notable awardsSahitya 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]

Personal life

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]

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.[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]

Awards and notable achievements

See also

References

  1. ^ Dutt, Kartik Chandra (1999). Who's who of Indian Writers, 1999: A-M. ISBN 9788126008735.
  2. ^ a b "Marghoob Banihali: The Borderless Poet". Greater Kashmir. 5 March 2016. Archived from the original on 28 August 2016.
  3. ^ a b c "Here are the 33 writers who returned their Sahitya Akademi awards". indianexpress.com. 27 October 2015. Archived from the original on 28 November 2018. Retrieved 5 February 2019.


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