About Ghulam Nabi Khayal
Lived 1943 – 2023 (aged 79–80). Ghulam Nabi Khayal was an Indian writer, essayist and journalist.
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.
Khayal was the winner of Sahitya Akademi Award but he returned the award as a sign of protest. He became the first Kashmiri to return the literary award as a sign of protest in the valley.
Ghulam Nabi Khayal died on 15 October 2023, at the age of 84.
Books Allama Iqbal aur Tehreek-e-Azadi-e-Kashmir Gaashir Munaar Chinar Rang Fikr-e-Khayal Iqbal aur Tehreek-e-Azadi-e-Kashmir Karvaan-e-Khayal Khayalat Khayal-e-Qalam Pragaash Kashmir, The Burning of a Paradise
Awards Sahitya Akademi Award in year 1975.
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Indian writer
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Ghulam Nabi Khayal was born in 1943 in Srinagar.
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Ghulam Nabi Khayal died on 15 October 2023 in Srinagar.
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Ghulam Nabi Khayal was a writer, essayist and journalist.
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Ghulam Nabi Khayal was Indian.
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