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| birth_date = 14 February 1940<br />
| birth_place = [[Srinagar]], [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]], India<br />
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| occupation = Former Dy Director General Doordarshan, [[public intellectual]], [[poet]], [[author]], [[Broadcasting|broadcaster]]<br />
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| children = Roohi Nazki, and Aliya Nazki<br />
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'''Farooq Nazki''' is a poet, broadcaster and media personality from the Indian Union Territory of [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/opinion/farooq-nazki-the-poet-of-rhythm/|title=Farooq Nazki: the poet of rhythm |publisher=Greater Kashmie|access-date=2020-08-22}}</ref> He also served as Director [[Doordarshan]] & [[AIR Srinagar]] from 1986 – 1997 under [[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)]]. Besides media head and writing career, Nazki has also served as Editor “Daily Mazdoor” from 1960 a newspaper highlighting the problems labours class. This newspaper for the first time made conscious efforts to highlight the importance of labour in the valley. In 2000 he retired as its Deputy Director General.<ref>{{cite web|title=Farooq Nazki|url=https://rekhta.org/poets/farooq-nazki/profile|website=rekhta.org|access-date=18 August 2017}}</ref> He was media advisor to two [[Chief Minister (India)|Chief Minister]]s: [[Farooq Abdullah]] (in 1983 and 1990-2002) and [[Omar Abdullah]] (2010).<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/2010/jul/29/farooq-nazki-is-govt-s-media-consultant-69.asp |title=Farooq Nazki is Govt s Media Consultant |publisher=Greaterkashmir.com |date=2010-07-29 |access-date=2013-12-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100802003441/http://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/2010/Jul/29/farooq-nazki-is-govt-s-media-consultant-69.asp |archive-date=2010-08-02 }}</ref><br />
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== Honours and awards ==<br />
In 1995 he won the [[Sahitya Academy]] award in [[Kashmiri language]] literature for his book of poetry, ''Naar Hyutun Kanzal Wanas'' ( Fire in the eyelashes). He has also won the state cultural Academy Award for both that work and ''Lafz Lafz Noha''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.knskashmir.com/newsdet.aspx?q=3891 |title=AMK awards given away; Nazki conferred ˜Sharaf-e-Kamraz™ Mirwaiz, Shah, Etv get ˜Khilat-e-Hanfi Sopori |publisher=Kashmir News Service |access-date=2013-12-13}}</ref> He also won Jammu & Kashmir Academy of culture, Art & Languages Best book Award for his Kashmiri book .<ref>{{cite web|url=http://art.uok.edu.in/Main/Default.aspx#|title=Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages -Awards |publisher=JKAACL|access-date=2020-08-22}}</ref> For Media contributions he won Gold Medal J&K Government for Best management of electronic media. Further he won Award for best media controller in Asiad 1982.<br />
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== Publications ==<br />
=== Urdu Books ===<br />
# Lafz Lafz Navha<br />
# Akhri Khwab Se Pehlay<br />
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=== Kashmiri Books ===<br />
# Nar Hutron Kazal<br />
# Wannas, Mahjabeen<br />
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== See also ==<br />
*[[List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Kashmiri]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== Further reading ==<br />
* http://www.risingkashmir.com/revolutionary-poet-gr-gayoor-remembered/<br />
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