Ghulam Nabi Khayal Explained

Ghulam Nabi Khayal
Birth Date:	4 March 1939
Birth Place:	Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, British Raj
Death Place:	[Srinagar, [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]]| occupation = Poet, essayist, Journalist, writer and translator

Ghulam Nabi Khayal (4 March 1939 – 15 October 2023) was an Indian Kashmiri poet and essayist. He authored 30 books in Kashmiri, Urdu and English.^{[1] [2]}

Khayal was the winner of Sahitya Akademi Award but he returned the award as a sign of protest.^[3] He became the first Kashmiri to return the literary award as a sign of protest in the valley.^{[4] [5]}

Ghulam Nabi Khayal died on 15 October 2023, at the age of 84.^[6]

Books

• Allama Iqbal aur Tehreek-e-Azadi-e-Kashmir
• Gaashir Munaar^[7]
• Chinar Rang
• Fikr-e-Khayal
• Iqbal aur Tehreek-e-Azadi-e-Kashmir
• Karvaan-e-Khayal
• Khayalat
• Khayal-e-Qalam
• Pragaash^[8]
• Kashmir, The Burning of a Paradise

Awards

Sahitya Akademi Award in year 1975.

Notes and References

1. News: PTI. 2015-10-12. Now Kashmiri writer returns Sahitya Akademi award. en-IN. The Hindu. 2021-03-09. 0971-751X.
2. News: ANI. 2015-10-13. Kashmiri writer Ghulam Nabi Khayal also gives up his Sahitya Akademi award. Business Standard India. 2021-03-09.
3. Web site: Kashmiri Writer Khayal Returns Sahitya Akademi Award. 2021-03-09. The Wire.
4. Web site: Service. Tribune News. Kashmiri writer too decides to return Sahitya Akademi award. 2021-03-09. Tribuneindia News Service. en.
5. News: Now Kashmiri writer Ghulam Nabi Khayal returns Sahitya Akademi award. The Economic Times. 2021-03-09.
6. Web site: Desk . GK Web . 2023-10-15 . Sahitya Akademi award winning writer Gh Nabi Khayal passes away . 2023-10-15 . Greater Kashmir . en.
7. Web site: ..:: SAHITYA : Akademi Awards ::... 2021-03-09. sahitya-akademi.gov.in.
8. Web site: Urdu Books of Gulam Nabi Khayal. 2021-03-09. Rekhta.