Rehman Rahi

He was honoured with Sahitya Akademi Fellowship in 2000 by Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi.

Rehman Rahi studied at Sri Pratap College. The recorded working language is Kashmiri. Works named in the authority record are Nouroz-e-saba. Distinctions recorded are Jnanpith Award, Padma Shri in literature and education, Sahitya Akademi Award and Fellow of the Sahitya Akademi.

• Name — Rahman Rahi • Birth Name — Abdur Rahman Rahi • Born — 6 May 1925 • Birthplace — Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, British Raj • Died — 9 January 2023 • Place of death — Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India • Occupation — Poet, translator, critic • Awards — Sahitya Akademi Award and Padma Shri (2000) Jnanpith Award (2004)

Born in 1925, Rehman Rahi began his career as a clerk in the Public Works Department of the Government for few months in 1948 and was associated with the Progressive Writers' Association, of which he became the General Secretary. He also edited a few issues of Kwang Posh, the literary journal of the Progressive Writer's Association. He was later a sub-editor in the Urdu daily Khidmat. He did an M.A. in Persian (1952) and in English (1962) from Jammu and Kashmir University where he taught Persian. He was on the editorial board of the Urdu daily Aajkal in Delhi from 1953 to 1955. He was also associated with the Cultural wing of the communist Party of Kashmir during his student days. As translator he did translation of Baba Farid's Sufi poetry to Kashmiri from the original Punjabi. Camus and Sartre are some visible effects on his poems while Dina Nath Naadim's influence on his poetry is also visible especially in earlier works. Rahi died on 9 January 2023, at the age of 97.