Hamidi Kashmiri

Hamidi Kashmiri
Born1932 (1932)
Srinagar, Kashmir and Jammu, British India
DiedDecember 27, 2018(2018-12-27) (aged 85–86)
Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Occupation(s)Writer and educationist
SpouseMaryam Hamidi
ChildrenMasood Aalam, Saba Hamidi
AwardsPadma Shri
Ghalib Award
Sahitya Akademi Award

Hamidi Kashmiri was a Kashmiri poet in Kashmiri and Urdu language and a former Vice Chancellor of the University of Kashmir.[1][2][3] Hamidi Kashmiri is credited with 50 books, Iqtishafi Tanqeed Ki Sheryat, Ainame Ibraaq, Mahasir Tanqeed, Riyasati Jammu Aur Kashmir Urdu Adab, Jadeed Kashir Shayeri and Shiekh–ul-Aalam Aur Shayeri being some of the notable ones.[4][2][5]

Kashmiri is a recipient of the Ghalib Award and Sahitya Akademi Award (2005).[2] In 2010, the Government of India honored him with the Padma Shri, the country's fourth highest civilian award.[6]

  1. ^ "Tribune India". Tribune India. 30 January 2010. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
  2. ^ a b c "Greater Kashmir". Greater Kashmir. 25 January 2010. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
  3. ^ "World Urdu Youth Forum". World Urdu Youth Forum. 2014. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
  4. ^ "List of Books on Amazon". Amazon. 2014. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
  5. ^ "Interview". Video. YouTube. 9 December 2009. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
  6. ^ "Padma Shri" (PDF). Padma Shri. 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 11 November 2014.