[Reader-list] Majboor passes away

[Inder Salim]

Majbeeor saab, as we called him,
was alive till last, very energetic person, keen about the details
about his  poetry, translations, essays, and a very friendly person.

sad day for all those who love kashmiri language,
and above all value a poet in any society




On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 12:33 PM, rashneek kher <rashneek at gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear Friends,
>
> It makes me terribly sad to inform you that one of the greatest Kashmiri
> poets Arjun Dev Majboor is no more.Majboor breathed his last yesterday
> night.
> He was essentially a Kashmiri poet and prose writer but has some credible
> works of translation to his credit notable among them Kalidas's
> Meghdootam(to Kashmiri) in verse form and Nilamata Purana(from Sanskrit to
> Urdu).
> His collection of poems include Kalaam-e-Majboor was published in the year
> 1955, followed by Dashahaar in 1983, Dazavuni Kosam in 1987, Padi Samyik in
> 1993 and Tyol in 1995. He also authored his most notable set of essays
> Tehqeeq.
> Arjun Dev Majboor has authored research papers on Lala Lakshman, a well
> known Kashmiri humorist-poet (1892-1962 AD) and compiled a book on his works
> titled ‘Kuliyat-e-Lala Lakhman’, published by J&K Academy in 1982. Majboor
> has also to his credit, a research article on Arinimal. He has published
> monograph on Krishen Razdan.
> In his sad demise,my mother tongue loses one of its great exponents.
> Majboor was born in 1924 in Zainpora in Pulwama district of Kashmir.
>
> In mourning
>
> --
> Rashneek Kher
> http://www.kashmiris-in-exile.blogspot.com
> http://www.nietzschereborn.blogspot.com
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