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Lal Ded

Kashmir has produced many saints, poets and mystics. Among them, Lal Ded is very prominent. In Kashmir, some people consider her a poet, some consider her a holywoman and some consider her a sufi, a yogi, or a devotee of Shiva.
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Mahmud Gami (1765-1855)

Mahmud Gami introduced in Kashmiri the Persian forms of the masnavi and ghazal....
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Maqbool Shah Kralawari (1820-'76)

Maqbool Shah Kralawari was educated in Persian literature and is considered as the finest lyricist of the 19th century Kashmir....
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Ghulam Ahmad Mahjoor (1885-1952)

Mahjoor has a place of honor among the poets of Kashmir. He is especially noted for two things. First, he introduced a new style into Kashmiri poetry. Second, he introduced a new thought into Kashmiri poetry....
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Rupa Bhawani

Rupa Bhawani was the second great mystic poet of 17th century. She had a great and deep experience of ups and downs of life. The worldly sufferings showed her the path of spiritual life....
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Rehman Rahi

Rehman Rahi (born March 6, 1925, Srinagar) is an Kashmiri poet, translator and critic. He was awarded the Indian Sahitya Akademi Award in 1961 for his poetry collection Nawroz-i-Saba, ...
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Moti Lal Saqi

Born in 1936 at Bijbehara, Kashmir, Moti Lal Saqi enriched Kashmiri language and literature in several ways, and emerged as a major poet and critic in the language while still in his youth...
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Amin Kamil

Amin Kamil (1924 - ) is a major voice in Kashmiri poetry and one of the chief exponents of modern ghazal in the language. His influence is widely accepted by his contempraries and later generations. ...
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Samad Mir

Samad Mir (1894-1959), known for his outstanding work Akanandun (The Only Son)...
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