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{{short description|Kashmiri writer, educationist, poet}}
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'''Bashir Bhadarwahi''' (born 24 January 1935; also spelled '''Bashir Bhaderwahi''' or '''Bhadravahi''') is an Indian writer, educationist and poet, known for his literary criticisms such as ''Jamis Ta Kasheeri Manz Kashir Natia Abduk Tawareekh'' (History of naats in Jammu and Kashmir).<ref name="Roy 2016">{{cite web | last=Roy | first=Devapriya | title=A reader’s guide to the 24 books that have won the Sahitya Akademi awards | website=Scroll.in | date=2016-02-21 | url=http://scroll.in/article/803907/a-readers-guide-to-the-24-books-that-have-won-the-sahitya-akademi-awards | access-date=2021-05-04}}</ref> The recipient of numerous awards, including [[Sahitya Akademi Award]], he writes in Kashmiri language.<ref name="The Siasat Daily - Archive 2015">{{cite web | title=Two Muslim writers selected for Sahitya Akademi Award 2015 - The Siasat Daily | website=The Siasat Daily - Archive | date=2015-12-20 | url=https://archive.siasat.com/news/two-muslim-writers-selected-sahitya-akademi-award-2015-888713/ | access-date=2021-05-04}}</ref>

== Early life and education ==
He was born in [[Bhadarwah]], Jammu and Kashmir to a middle-class family. His father served as a school teacher. He did his [[matriculation]] from S. A. High School Bhadarwah in 1950. He did his intermediate examination in 1955 after completing a diploma in [[Teacher education|teaching training]]. In 1953, he was appointed as a primary school teacher and later was promoted to various academic ranks until he retired as a District Education Officer in 1993 after obtaining a [[master's degree]] in [[Urdu]] in 1962.<ref name="Greater Kashmir 2018">{{cite web | title=Bashir Bhadarwahi | website=Greater Kashmir | date=2018-02-17 | url=https://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/opinion/bashir-bhadarwahi/ | access-date=2021-05-04}}</ref>

== Career ==
He wrote his first poem on [[communal violence]] when he was a student of 8th standard in the early 1948. Later in 1953, he wrote his first [[ghazal]] in [[Kashmiri language]] when he was serving as a teacher. He also wrote a book on [[folk music]] of [[Doda district]] which was published by the [[Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages]] in 1972. In 1953, he wrote his poetic collection titled ''Goshan Hind Posh'' which was published in 1998. After his retirement from the [[public service]], the second edition of the book was published in 2014.

His books such as ''Bhaderwah ki Tareekh-o-Saqafat'' are often used by the scholars as a [[reference work]] for the [[Bhadarwah]]'s culture and history. It was published in 2010. His naat collection in Kashmiri language titled ''Tohfa-e-Azmeen-e-Hijaz'' was published in 2005.<ref name="Greater Kashmir 2018"/>

== Awards ==
In 2015, he was awarded [[List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Kashmiri|Sahitya Akademi Award winners in Kashmiri]] for ''Jamis Ta Kasheeri Manz Kashir Natia Abduk Tawareekh''<ref name="Sahitya Akademi – SA">{{cite web | title=KASHMIRI – Sahitya Akademi | website=Sahitya Akademi – SA | url=https://sahitya-akademi.org.in/?page_id=5621 | language=tl | access-date=2021-05-04}}</ref> (history of naats in Jammu and Kashmir), a literary criticism about history of [[naʽat]]s and its tradition in [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]].<ref name="Roy 2016"/> He was also awarded Sharaf-e-Kamraz Award in 2014 by [[Adbee Markaz Kamraz]] in recognition of his contribution to the [[literature of Kashmir]]. He was also awarded by Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages (JKAACL) for his contribution to Kashmiri language and literature. Later in 2007, he was awarded by Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Award by the [[government of Jammu and Kashmir]] for promoting of [[education]] of the state.<ref name="Greater Kashmir 2018"/>

== References ==
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[[Category:Kashmiri poets]]
[[Category:Educators from Jammu and Kashmir]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian male writers]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Kashmiri]]

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