| Kashmiri Lal Zakir | |
| Birth Date: | 7 April 1919 |
| Birth Place: | Gujrat District, British India |
| Death Place: | Chandigarh, India |
| Occupation: | Writer |
| Yearsactive: | 1940s–2016 |
| Known For: | Ghazal |
| Awards: | Padma Shri Fakhr-e-Haryana |
Kashmiri Lal Zakir (7 April 1919 - 31 August 2016) was an Indian poet, novelist, dramatist and short story writer of Urdu literature.[1]
His career—which started with his first ghazal published in Adabi Duniya, a publication from Lahore, in the 1940s—encompasses novels, dramas, short stories and travelogues.[2]
Zakir served the Punjab Education Department in then British India and had been involved with Haryana Urdu Academy for a number of years as its chairman.[3] He has written in Hindi and Urdu,[4] [5] including Tin cihre ek saval, a ghazal anthology,[6] Ab Mujhey Sone Do, a novel[7] and Aey Mao Behno Betiyo, a collection of articles.[8]
Zakir is a recipient of the honour of Fakhr-e-Haryana from the Government of Haryana. The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri, in 2006, for his contributions to Indian literature.[9]
Zakir died on 31 August 2016 at the age of 97.[10]