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[[Image:Keshavmalik.jpg|275px|thumb|Keshav Malik, November 2003.]]
'''Keshav Malik''' (5 November 1924 – 11 June 2014) was an [[India]]n [[poet]], art and literary critic, arts scholar, and curator. He remained art critic for the ''[[Hindustan Times]]'' (1960–1972) and ''[[The Times of India]]'' (1975–2000). He published eighteen volumes of poetry and edited six anthologies of English translations of Indian poetry.

He was awarded the [[Padma Shri]], the fourth highest civilian award in India, for his contribution to literature. In 2004, the [[Lalit Kala Akademi]], India's National Academy of Art, made him a [[List of Lalit Kala Akademi fellows|Fellow of the Lalit Kala Akademi]] for lifetime contribution, which is its highest award.<ref>[http://www.lalitkala.gov.in/aboutUs/awardsFellowship.php List of Lalit Kala Ratna awardees]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Lalit Kala Akademi.</ref>

==Early life and background==
Malik was born in the town of [[Miani (Punjab)|Miani]], now in the [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]], [[Pakistan]], but at the time it was part of [[British India]]. His younger sister is arts and dance scholar [[Kapila Vatsyayan]] and brother Bhashi Malik.<ref name="mid-day1">{{cite web|url=http://www.mid-day.com/articles/let-the-thrills-begin/15372175 |title=News: RIP poet Keshav Malik |publisher=MiD DAY|author=Malavika Sangghvi|access-date=12 June 2014}}</ref> He is also related to the brothers [[Balraj Sahni]] and [[Bhisham Sahni]].{{citation needed|date=April 2021}}

He grew up in [[Srinagar]], [[Kashmir]],<ref name="mid-day1"/> where he graduated from the Amar Singh College, Srinagar in 1945. From 1947 to 1948, he was a personal assistant to [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]. During the 1950s, Malik studied [[Renaissance art]] in [[Florence]], French at the [[University of Paris|Sorbonne]], and attended lectures at [[Columbia University]].<ref name=iic>India International Centre, Ed. (2010). ''Water: Culture, Politics and Management'', p. 155. Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt. Ltd.</ref>

==Career==
From 1960 to 1972, Malik was art critic for [[The Hindustan Times]].<ref name=iic/> During the 1950s, he was literary editor of ''Thought'', a weekly Indian journal of the arts.<ref>Agrawal, K.A., Ed. (2003). ''Indian Writing in English: A Critical Study'', p. 110. New Delhi: Atlantic Publishers and Distributors.</ref> In 1973–74, Malik was curator for "The Human Condition," an exhibition of contemporary Indian art that travelled to [[Bulgaria]], [[Poland]], [[Belgium]], and [[Yugoslavia]]. From 1975 to 2000, Malik was art critic for [[The Times of India]].<ref name=iic/>

Malik has published 18 volumes of poetry, including ''The Lake Surface and Other Poems'', ''Storm Warning'', and ''Between Nobodies and Stars''. He has also edited six anthologies of English translations of Indian poetry, and is a frequent lecturer and seminar participant. He co-founded the [[The Poetry Society (India)|Poetry Society of India]] and was the president of the Poetry Club of India.<ref name=iic/> He also remained an advisor to the [[National Gallery of Modern Art]] and an executive board member to the [[Lalit Kala Akademi]].<ref>{{cite web | title = 'He was a virtual diary of artists' |publisher= The Asian Age | url = http://www.asianage.com/arts/he-was-virtual-diary-artists-330 |author=Saumya Bhatia|date=13 June 2014|access-date = 13 June 2014 }}
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Malik was awarded the [[Padma Shri]] for literature in 1991, given by the Government of India.<ref name=iic/><ref>{{cite web|title=Padma Awards Directory (1954–2013) |publisher=[[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Ministry of Home Affairs]] |url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 November 2014 }}</ref>

Keshav Malik also wrote "Attars of Existence" based on the abstract works of Sudip Roy.

He has also been the subject of two documentaries, ''Keshav Malik – The Truth of Art'' and ''Keshav Malik – A Look Back''.<ref>{{cite web | title = Documentary films on noted poet and art critic Keshav Malik at IGNCA|date= 8 November 2013 | url = http://www.delhievents.com/2013/11/documentary-films-on-noted-poet-and-art.html | access-date = 13 June 2014 }}</ref>

Malik died at age 89 at his home in New Delhi on 11 June 2014.<ref>[http://www.thestatesman.net/news/60384-humane-colossus.html?page=1 "Humane Colossus", The Statesman, 28 June 2014.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140813171233/http://www.thestatesman.net/news/60384-humane-colossus.html?page=1 |date=13 August 2014 }}</ref> He was survived by his wife Usha.<ref name="mid-day1"/>

==Bibliography==
*Poems [[Writers Workshop]], [[India]]. 1971

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.indianartcircle.com/keshavmalik/ Keshav Malik homepage]
*[https://www.amazon.com/s/?search-alias=stripbooks&field-keywords=keshav%20malik Amazon.com bibliography]
*{{cite web|url=http://art.indiatimes.com/art/Arts-ArtPanelKeshav.jsp |archive-url=https://archive.today/20070821024655/http://art.indiatimes.com/art/Arts-ArtPanelKeshav.jsp |url-status=dead |archive-date=21 August 2007 |title=Keshav Malik|work=Indiatimes Art|access-date=13 August 2008}}
*{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2006-12-18/india/27827538_1_indiatimes-art-niren-sen-gupta-indian-art |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021132144/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2006-12-18/india/27827538_1_indiatimes-art-niren-sen-gupta-indian-art |url-status=dead |archive-date=21 October 2012 |title=Indiatimes installs art guru, gallery|date=18 December 2006|work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=13 August 2008}}
*{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/fr/2006/11/03/stories/2006110301350300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080914023454/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2006/11/03/stories/2006110301350300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 September 2008|title= Binding borders|date= 3 November 2006|work=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=13 August 2008}}
*[http://www.naamartgallery.com/keshav.htm Communing with the Spirit of Forms by Keshav Malik ]

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