Ghulam Nabi Firaq

• Name — Professor Ghulam Nabi Firaq • Born — 15 July 1927 • Died — 17 December 2016 • Place of death — Naushera Srinagar, Kashmir • Occupation — Philosopher, Poet, essayist, writer, translator, literary critic and educationist

• Adapted Play Le Bourgeois gentilhomme (The Bourgeois Gentleman) by Moliere into Kashmiri entitled "Dyar-e-Khowja". • Adapted play Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe into Kashmiri language. • Has translated number of Literary essays and short stories from English language into his mother tongue- Kashmiri. • Has translated scores of poems from English, Urdu, Bengali, French, German, Greek and Persian and some other Indian languages into Kashmiri language.

• Member Advisory Board of Cultural Academy, Srinagar (J & K) for Kashmiri • Bhartiya Ganpeth, New Delhi • Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi • Doordarshan Advisory Committee • Secretary of Writers'Wing of the Cultural Conference, J & K State • Founder Member of Koshur Markaz, J & K State • Member of the Kashmiri Language Script Improvement Committee, formed by J & K Government.

• The Pratap Magazine of Government S P College Srinagar (Kashmiri Section)--For seventeen years. • The Kong Posh(Urdu)--Bimonthly • The Koshur Samut Member Editorial Board • The Tawi Magazine of G.G.M. Science College Jammu (Urdu Section) The Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages has published a journal entitled Firaq Number. Academy officials visited him at his residence and presented Sheeraza of his life and works. It has been based on the essays written by different critics and scholars on the life, achievements and critical analysis of the works of Prof. Ghulam Nabi Firaq in the field of language, literature and education.

Has written, broadcast, telecast and published scores of articles and more than one dozen books on Kashmiri Language and Literature. A brief summary of the same is as under:

• Yim Sane Aalave (Collection of poems) in collaboration. • Vyur: Kashmiri translation of poems of S.Nandan Path in collaboration.Published by Academy of Art, Culture and Languages, Srinagar • Nav-Shar-e-Sombrun (edited & compiled) published by University of Kashmir • Adbi-Istallah (A dictionary of Literary terms, published by University of Kashmir) • Kath Insan-e-Sinz(Story of Man) published by State Board of School Education

• Sada-Te-Samandar (Collection of poems) –Sahitya Akademi Award Winner • Rang Nazran Hind(Translation of famous poems of English, Urdu, Bengali & Persian) Publisher University of Kashmir • Wudav Fikri Hund: Literary Criticism • Parnai –Pate (Critical Literary Essays) • Su Akh Sada Te- (Poems in Kashmiri) • The History of Kasmiri Poem- Vatsun

• Dazwun Naar (A Long elegy on the death of his spouse) • Kher-ul-Bashar(A Collection of Naitya Poems) • An Anthology of Poems & Ghazals • Dr. Faustus-(Translation)