Farooq Nazki

Farooq Nazki is a poet, broadcaster and media personality from the Indian Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.[1]He also served as Director Doordarshan & AIR Srinagar from 1986 – 1997 under Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India). Besides media head and writing career, Nazki has also served as Editor “Daily Mazdoor” from 1960 a newspaper highlighting the problems labours class. This newspaper for the first time made conscious efforts to highlight the importance of labour in the valley. In 2000 he retired as its Deputy Director General.[2] He was media advisor to two Chief Ministers: Farooq Abdullah (in 1983 and 1990-2002) and Omar Abdullah (2010).[3]

Farooq Nazki
Born14 February 1940
Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India
OccupationFormer Dy Director General Doordarshan, public intellectual, poet, author, broadcaster
ChildrenRoohi Nazki, and Aliya Nazki

Honours and awards

In 1995 he won the Sahitya Academy award in Kashmiri language literature for his book of poetry, Naar Hyutun Kanzal Wanas ( Fire in the eyelashes). He has also won the state cultural Academy Award for both that work and Lafz Lafz Noha.[4] He also won Jammu & Kashmir Academy of culture, Art & Languages Best book Award for his Kashmiri book .[5] For Media contributions he won Gold Medal J&K Government for Best management of electronic media. Further he won Award for best media controller in Asiad 1982.

Publications

Urdu Books
  1. Lafz Lafz Navha
  2. Akhri Khwab Se Pehlay

Kashmiri Books
  1. Nar Hutron Kazal
  2. Wannas, Mahjabeen

See also

References
  1. "Farooq Nazki: the poet of rhythm". Greater Kashmie. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  2. "Farooq Nazki". rekhta.org. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  3. "Farooq Nazki is Govt s Media Consultant". Greaterkashmir.com. 29 July 2010. Archived from the original on 2 August 2010. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
  4. "AMK awards given away; Nazki conferred ˜Sharaf-e-Kamraz™ Mirwaiz, Shah, Etv get ˜Khilat-e-Hanfi Sopori". Kashmir News Service. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
  5. "Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages -Awards". JKAACL. Retrieved 22 August 2020.

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