Fazil Kashmiri

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{{short description|Kashmiri poet, lyricist (1916-2004)}}

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| pseudonym = Fazil Kashmiri

| birth_name = Ghulam Ahmad Fazil

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1916|08|03}}

| birth_place = Jammu and Kashmir, India

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2004|07|11|1916|08|03}}

| death_place = Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir

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| occupation = {{hlist|Poet, Lyricist, Deputy Director Education Department JK}}

| language = Kashmiri, Urdu

| nationality = Indian

| citizenship = India

| education = B.A.

| alma_mater = University of Punjab

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• Ghazal
• Nazm
• Rubaʿi
• Qata
• Marsiya
• Munajat
• Naʽat
• Manqabat
• Leela

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Zeeshan Fazil,

Director DDK (Ranchi).

Prof (Dr) Taskeena Fazil,

Director Iqbal Institute of Culture and Philosophy, University of Kashmir.

Tamjeeda Fazil, Assistant Manager (Steno), Jammu & Kashmir State Industrial Development Corporation.

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| awards = Sahitya Akademi Award

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Ghulam Ahmad Fazil Kashmiri (3 August 1916 {{endash}} 11 July 2004) was a Kashmiri poet and lyricist. He was involved in Arabic, English, Persian, Urdu and particularly in Kashmiri literature. His uncertain work includes thirty six books published in various genres such as ghazal, nazm, rubaʿi, qata, marsiya, munajat, naʽat, manqabat and leela among others.{{Cite web|url=https://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/opinion/where-has-gone-fazil/|title=Where has gone Fazil|date=14 March 2015|website=Greater Kashmir}}

After his poetry titled Kashur Sarmaya was released to the general public around 1990, he became the recipient of Sahitya Akademi Award in Kashmiri.{{Cite web|url=http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/sahitya-akademi/awards/akademi%20samman_suchi.jsp|title=..:: SAHITYA : Akademi Awards ::..|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304084937/http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/sahitya-akademi/awards/akademi%20samman_suchi.jsp|archive-date=4 March 2016}} He wrote his first uncertain book when he was a student of class eighth.