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'''Muzaffar Aazim''' was a [[poet]], a [[writer]], and a [[Digital art|digital artist]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024 |title=Poet Aazim for promotion of Kashmiri language |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/features/poet-aazim-for-promotion-of-kashmiri-language-237786 |website=TheTribune}}</ref>
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| birth_name = Mohammad Muzaffar Mir
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1934|04|29}}
| birth_place = Tangmarg, Jammu & Kashmir, British India
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2022|07|08|1934|04|29}}
| death_place = Woodbridge, Virginia, USA
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| occupation = Poet, Writer, Director Sericulture
| citizenship = Kashmiri-American
| movement = [[Progressive Writers Movement]], [[Modernism]]
| notable_works = Poetry 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
| awards = Academy of Art, Culture and Languages, Kashmir; Soviet Land Nehru Award,1978

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'''Muzaffar Aazim''' was a Kashmiri-American poet and a writer of the Kashmiri language<ref>The History of Kashmiri Language & Literature, by Prof. Shafi Shauq, Ali Mohammad & Sons, Srinagar pp. 431-433</ref>


== Early life and career ==
== Early life and career ==
Muzaffar Aazim was born in 1934 in picturesque hillside [[Tangmarg]] town located along Himalaya mountains in erstwhile [[Jammu and Kashmir (princely state)|Jammu & Kashmir]] State of India.<ref name="Kashmiri 2022">{{cite news |last1=Kashmiri |first1=Ahmed |title=Muzaffar Aazim: Loss of an intellectual |url=https://www.greaterkashmir.com/opinion/muzaffar-aazim-loss-of-an-intellectual/ |work=[[Greater Kashmir]] |date=3 August 2022}}</ref> He graduated from [[Sri Pratap College]] and briefly taught at [[Amar Singh College]].<ref>T“SRI Pratap College Home Page”. SRI Pratap College. Retrieved 30 December 2023.</ref><ref>“Amar Singh College Srinagar Home Page”. Amar Singh College. Retrieved 30 December 2023</ref> He later became the Director of Sericulture in Kashmir, a position that enabled him to travel widely.<ref name="Kashmiri 2022"/>
Aazim started poetry at the age of 10 and retired at age of 50, as the director of sericulture. Aazim published his first Kashmiri poetry book Zolana in 1963 and won the book of the year award from Kashmir Academy. His 2nd Kashmiri poetry book Manikaman won the book of the year award from Kashmir Academy. His other poetry books are Saze Silasil in Urdu and Haraf Dai in Kashmiri. Aazim translated [[War and Peace|War & Peace by Leo Tolstoy]] (a 1225-page book) from English to Kashmiri and was awarded Soviet Land Nehru Award. He also translated Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights from English to Kashmir. He has written several plays for Radio Kashmir and Kashmir TV and started abstract digital art in 2014.<ref>{{Cite web |last=KASHMIRI |first=AHMED |date=2022-08-03 |title=Muzaffar Aazim: Loss of an intellectual |url=https://www.greaterkashmir.com/opinion/muzaffar-aazim-loss-of-an-intellectual/ |access-date=2023-12-30 |website=Greater Kashmir |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Network |first=KL News |date=2022-07-08 |title=Kashmir Poet Muzaffar Aazim Is No More |url=https://kashmirlife.net/kashmir-poet-muzaffar-aazim-is-no-more-296218/ |access-date=2023-12-30 |website=Kashmir Life |language=en-GB}}</ref>


== Kashmiri font and script promotion ==
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== Songs ==


He was instrumental in promoting Kashmiri poetry and language in digital media, partly by creating the first Kashmiri Narqalam font and Gulmarg Nastalik font.<ref>{{Cite news |date=17 May 2016 |title=Poet Aazim for promotion of Kashmiri language |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/features/poet-aazim-for-promotion-of-kashmiri-language-237786 |access-date=21 April 2024 |work=Tribune India}}</ref><ref>GULMARG EDUCATIONAL MEDIA (26 August 2013). “Kashmiri Language”. Kashmirilanguage.com. Retrieved 30 December 2023.</ref> In collaboration with other language experts, he pushed for improvement in Unicode to better represent Kashmiri language.<ref name="Anderson 2009">{{cite web |last1=Anderson |first1=Deborah |last2=Pournader |first2=Roozbeh |last3=Aazim |first3=Muzaffar |last4=Mansour |first4=Kamal |title=Proposal to add two Kashmiri characters |url=https://escholarship.org/uc/item/1s098503 |language=en |date=14 May 2009}}</ref> This enables almost seven million Kashmiri speaking population worldwide to write in their chosen language.<ref name="Anderson 2009"/>
* Yina Sa Cheshman Sreh Karakh

* Jigar Zakhmi
== Literary works ==
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* Asi Bor Vizi Vizi (University of Kashmir anthem for 3 years).<ref>{{Cite web |last=KV |date=2022-07-09 |title=Noted Kashmiri poet Muzaffar Aazim passes away in US |url=https://kashmirvision.in/2022/07/09/noted-kashmiri-poet-muzaffar-aazim-passes-away-in-us/ |access-date=2023-12-30 |website=Kashmir Vision |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=NETWORK |first=GK NEWS |date=2022-07-08 |title=Former Director Sericulture passes away |url=https://www.greaterkashmir.com/kashmir/former-director-sericulture-passes-away/ |access-date=2023-12-30 |website=Greater Kashmir |language=en-US}}</ref>

Aazim started writing poetry at the age of 10 and published his first Kashmiri poetry book ''Zolana'' (''The Fetters'') in 1963. His contemporary, noted Kashmir poet Rahman Rahi, writing about this book comments that “The chief quality that distinguishes Aazim from almost all other poets of his age is his dexterity as a craftsman, a quality which can be appreciated in his ghazals”.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Rahi |first1=Rahman |title=Kashmiri Literature |journal=Indian Literature |date=1964 |volume=7 |issue=2 |pages=52–55 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/23329250 |issn=0019-5804}}</ref> His second Kashmiri poetry book was ''Manikaman'' (''The Desire''). His other poetry books include ''Saze-Salasil'' (''The Rhythm of the Chains'') in Urdu and ''Haraf Dai'' (''Two and a Half Words'') in Kashmiri. He authored ''Mahmud Gami'', (''Makers of Indian Literature'') published by Sahitya Akademi.<ref>AAZIM, MUZAFFAR. “Mahmud Gami (Makers of Indian Literature)”. Biblio. Retrieved 30 December 2023.</ref> He compiled a comprehensive review on "Experiments in Modern Kashmiri Poetry" in ''Indian Literature'', also published by Sahitya Akademi.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Aazim |first1=Muzaffar |title=Experiments in Modern Kashmiri Poetry |journal=Indian Literature |date=1978 |volume=21 |issue=2 |pages=92–97 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/23329939 |issn=0019-5804}}</ref>

He published ‘Yak Rang’, a popular collection of unpublished poems by mystic Kashmiri poet Anwar War Anwar (1873-1905).<ref>APHARWAT (21 September 2012). “Yak Rang Feturing Anwar War Anwar Released by Muzaffar Aazim”. The Pinnacle of Objective Kashmiri Thought Process. Retrieved 30 December 2023.</ref> He has appeared multiple times on television to discuss poetry, literature, and life.<ref>{{Cite episode |title=Muzaffar Aazim on ''Subhai Subhai'' |episode-link= |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4e0szUqW_I |access-date=23 August 2024 |series=Srinagar Kashmir Television |series-link= |first= |last= |network=[[Doordarshan]] |station=Srinagar Kashmir Television |date=6 July 2013 |season= |series-no= |number= |minutes= |time= |transcript= |transcript-url= |quote= |trans-quote= |via= |language=}}</ref> He has written several plays for All India Radio Srinagar including ''Havas ta Haasil'' (''Longing and Gain''), and for [[Doordarshan]] TV including ''Nai Mout'' (''The Flute Fakir''). He started abstract digital art in 2014. This became his main, and a popular, outlet of creative expression in the later years of his life.

== Translations ==
Muzaffar Aazim translated many classics into Kashmiri including [[Leo Tolstoy|Tolstoy]]’s [[War and Peace|War & Peace]] published by Cultural Academy.<ref>{{cite web |title=Jang Te Aman Vol 1 Kashmiri Translation Of Tolstoys War And Peace JK Cultural Academy |url=https://archive.org/details/aGfV_jang-te-aman-vol-1-kashmiri-translation-of-tolstoys-war-and-peace-jk-cultural-academy |publisher=JK Cultural Academy}}</ref> He also translated [[Emily Brontë|Emily Bronte]]’s ''[[Wuthering Heights]]'', and Awami Raj, originally written as ''Iyaruingam'' (''Peoples Rule'') in Assamese by B.K. Bhattacharya and published by Sahitya Akademi.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sahitya Akademi KASHMIRI Publications |url=https://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/publications/kashmiri.pdf |access-date=21 April 2024 |website=Sahitya Akademi}}</ref>

== Popular songs ==
Muzaffar Aazim wrote many melodious Kashmiri songs that are mostly played on [[AIR Srinagar|All India Radio Srinagar]] and quickly became favorites. "Asi bor wizi wizi" was adopted by the [[University of Kashmir]] as an anthem for 3 years.<ref>“University of Kashmir Home Page”. University of Kashmir. Retrieved 30 December 2023. </ref><ref>GONMATH “Asi bor wizi wizi”. Retrieved 30 December 2023.</ref>{{Unreliable source?|date=August 2024}} ‘Yina sa cheshman’, a song he dedicated to his wife became a classic.<ref>AHMED, LUQMAN “Yina sa cheshman”. Retrieved 30 December 2023. </ref> Other songs include ‘Jigar zakhmi’ and ‘Yena zulfow chanew’, both still very popular.<ref>T-Series Kashmiri Music “Jigar zakhmi”. Retrieved 30 December 2023.</ref>

== Awards and honors ==

Muzaffar Aazim received the best book award for two of his Kashmiri poetry collections ‘Zolana’ and ‘Manikaman’ by Jammu & Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture & Languages.<ref>ACADEMY OF ART, CULTURE, AND LANGUAGES. “About us”. Government of Jammu & Kashmir. Retrieved 30 December 2023.</ref> He was awarded [[Soviet Land Nehru Award]] for translating ‘War & Peace.<ref>{{cite web |title=Soviet Land Nehru Award - Bharatpedia |url=https://en.bharatpedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Land_Nehru_Award |website=en.bharatpedia.org |language=en}}</ref>{{unreliable source|date=December 2024}} He also received a ‘Dastar Bandi’ by [[Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Dastar Bandi Celebration of Muzaffar Aazim, Kashmiri poet and writer. |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLgvWlohsDs |date=15 June 2013}}</ref>

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== Death ==
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Muzaffar Aazim died on July 8, 2022, in [[Woodbridge, Virginia]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=KV |date=2022-07-09 |title=Noted Kashmiri poet Muzaffar Aazim passes away in US |url=https://kashmirvision.in/2022/07/09/noted-kashmiri-poet-muzaffar-aazim-passes-away-in-us/ |access-date=2023-12-30 |website=Kashmir Vision |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=NETWORK |first=GK NEWS |date=2022-07-08 |title=Former Director Sericulture passes away |url=https://www.greaterkashmir.com/kashmir/former-director-sericulture-passes-away/ |access-date=2023-12-30 |website=Greater Kashmir |language=en-US}}</ref>


== See also ==
== See also ==


* [[Literature of Kashmir|Literature of kashmir]]
* [[Literature of Kashmir]]


== References ==
== References ==
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Latest revision as of 00:06, 3 December 2024

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]

Early life and career

[edit]

Muzaffar Aazim was born in 1934 in picturesque hillside Tangmarg town located along Himalaya mountains in erstwhile Jammu & Kashmir State of India.[2] He graduated from Sri Pratap College and briefly taught at Amar Singh College.[3][4] He later became the Director of Sericulture in Kashmir, a position that enabled him to travel widely.[2]

Kashmiri font and script promotion

[edit]

He was instrumental in promoting Kashmiri poetry and language in digital media, partly by creating the first Kashmiri Narqalam font and Gulmarg Nastalik font.[5][6] In collaboration with other language experts, he pushed for improvement in Unicode to better represent Kashmiri language.[7] This enables almost seven million Kashmiri speaking population worldwide to write in their chosen language.[7]

Literary works

[edit]

Aazim started writing poetry at the age of 10 and published his first Kashmiri poetry book Zolana (The Fetters) in 1963. His contemporary, noted Kashmir poet Rahman Rahi, writing about this book comments that “The chief quality that distinguishes Aazim from almost all other poets of his age is his dexterity as a craftsman, a quality which can be appreciated in his ghazals”.[8] His second Kashmiri poetry book was Manikaman (The Desire). His other poetry books include Saze-Salasil (The Rhythm of the Chains) in Urdu and Haraf Dai (Two and a Half Words) in Kashmiri. He authored Mahmud Gami, (Makers of Indian Literature) published by Sahitya Akademi.[9] He compiled a comprehensive review on "Experiments in Modern Kashmiri Poetry" in Indian Literature, also published by Sahitya Akademi.[10]

He published ‘Yak Rang’, a popular collection of unpublished poems by mystic Kashmiri poet Anwar War Anwar (1873-1905).[11] He has appeared multiple times on television to discuss poetry, literature, and life.[12] He has written several plays for All India Radio Srinagar including Havas ta Haasil (Longing and Gain), and for Doordarshan TV including Nai Mout (The Flute Fakir). He started abstract digital art in 2014. This became his main, and a popular, outlet of creative expression in the later years of his life.

Translations

[edit]

Muzaffar Aazim translated many classics into Kashmiri including Tolstoy’s War & Peace published by Cultural Academy.[13] He also translated Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights, and Awami Raj, originally written as Iyaruingam (Peoples Rule) in Assamese by B.K. Bhattacharya and published by Sahitya Akademi.[14]

[edit]

Muzaffar Aazim wrote many melodious Kashmiri songs that are mostly played on All India Radio Srinagar and quickly became favorites. "Asi bor wizi wizi" was adopted by the University of Kashmir as an anthem for 3 years.[15][16][unreliable source?] ‘Yina sa cheshman’, a song he dedicated to his wife became a classic.[17] Other songs include ‘Jigar zakhmi’ and ‘Yena zulfow chanew’, both still very popular.[18]

Awards and honors

[edit]

Muzaffar Aazim received the best book award for two of his Kashmiri poetry collections ‘Zolana’ and ‘Manikaman’ by Jammu & Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture & Languages.[19] He was awarded Soviet Land Nehru Award for translating ‘War & Peace.[20][unreliable source?] He also received a ‘Dastar Bandi’ by Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages.[21]

Death

[edit]

Muzaffar Aazim died on July 8, 2022, in Woodbridge, Virginia.[22][23]

See also

[edit]

References

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  1. ^ The History of Kashmiri Language & Literature, by Prof. Shafi Shauq, Ali Mohammad & Sons, Srinagar pp. 431-433
  2. ^ a b Kashmiri, Ahmed (3 August 2022). "Muzaffar Aazim: Loss of an intellectual". Greater Kashmir.
  3. ^ T“SRI Pratap College Home Page”. SRI Pratap College. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  4. ^ “Amar Singh College Srinagar Home Page”. Amar Singh College. Retrieved 30 December 2023
  5. ^ "Poet Aazim for promotion of Kashmiri language". Tribune India. 17 May 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
  6. ^ GULMARG EDUCATIONAL MEDIA (26 August 2013). “Kashmiri Language”. Kashmirilanguage.com. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  7. ^ a b Anderson, Deborah; Pournader, Roozbeh; Aazim, Muzaffar; Mansour, Kamal (14 May 2009). "Proposal to add two Kashmiri characters".
  8. ^ Rahi, Rahman (1964). "Kashmiri Literature". Indian Literature. 7 (2): 52–55. ISSN 0019-5804.
  9. ^ AAZIM, MUZAFFAR. “Mahmud Gami (Makers of Indian Literature)”. Biblio. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  10. ^ Aazim, Muzaffar (1978). "Experiments in Modern Kashmiri Poetry". Indian Literature. 21 (2): 92–97. ISSN 0019-5804.
  11. ^ APHARWAT (21 September 2012). “Yak Rang Feturing Anwar War Anwar Released by Muzaffar Aazim”. The Pinnacle of Objective Kashmiri Thought Process. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  12. ^ "Muzaffar Aazim on Subhai Subhai". Srinagar Kashmir Television. 6 July 2013. Doordarshan. Srinagar Kashmir Television. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
  13. ^ "Jang Te Aman Vol 1 Kashmiri Translation Of Tolstoys War And Peace JK Cultural Academy". JK Cultural Academy.
  14. ^ "Sahitya Akademi KASHMIRI Publications" (PDF). Sahitya Akademi. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
  15. ^ “University of Kashmir Home Page”. University of Kashmir. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  16. ^ GONMATH “Asi bor wizi wizi”. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  17. ^ AHMED, LUQMAN “Yina sa cheshman”. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  18. ^ T-Series Kashmiri Music “Jigar zakhmi”. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  19. ^ ACADEMY OF ART, CULTURE, AND LANGUAGES. “About us”. Government of Jammu & Kashmir. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  20. ^ "Soviet Land Nehru Award - Bharatpedia". en.bharatpedia.org.
  21. ^ "Dastar Bandi Celebration of Muzaffar Aazim, Kashmiri poet and writer". 15 June 2013.
  22. ^ KV (2022-07-09). "Noted Kashmiri poet Muzaffar Aazim passes away in US". Kashmir Vision. Retrieved 2023-12-30.
  23. ^ NETWORK, GK NEWS (2022-07-08). "Former Director Sericulture passes away". Greater Kashmir. Retrieved 2023-12-30.
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