Muzaffar Aazim

Muzaffar Aazim
Born
Mohammad Muzaffar Mir

(1934-04-29)April 29, 1934
Tangmarg, Jammu & Kashmir, British India
DiedJuly 8, 2022(2022-07-08) (aged 88)
Woodbridge, Virginia, USA
CitizenshipKashmiri-American
Occupation(s)Poet, Writer, Director Sericulture
Notable workPoetry collections: Zolana (1963), Mani-Kaman (1974), Saze-Salasil (2005), Harf Dai (2007), Translations: War & Peace (1977), Wuthering Heights (1987), ‘Iyaruingam’ Awami Raj (1988)

Mahmud Gami (Makers of Indian Literature), (1991) ‘Yak Rang’ poems of Anwar War Anwar (2012) Drama: Nai-Mout, Srinagar Door Darshan; Hawas ta Haasil, Radio Kashmir

Created the first Kashmiri Narqalam font and Gulmarg Nastalik font
MovementProgressive Writers Movement, Modernism
AwardsAcademy of Art, Culture and Languages, Kashmir; Soviet Land Nehru Award,1978

Muzaffar Aazim was a Kashmiri-American poet and a writer of the Kashmiri language[1]

  1. ^ The History of Kashmiri Language & Literature, by Prof. Shafi Shauq, Ali Mohammad & Sons, Srinagar pp. 431-433