Kashmiri language literature

The use of theKashmiri languagebegan with the workMahanayakaprakash(Light of the supreme lord) byShitikantha(c.1250),[1]and was followed by the poetLalleshvarior Lal Ded (14th century), who wrote mystical verses in thevakhor four-line couplet style.[2]Another mystic of her time equally revered in Kashmir and popularly known asNunda Reshiwrote powerful poetry like his senior Lal Ded. Later cameHabba Khatun(16th century) with her own style. Other major names areRupa Bhavani(1621–1721),Arnimal(d. 1800),Mahmud Gami(1765–1855),Rasul Mir(d. 1870),Paramananda(1791–1864),Maqbool Shah Kralawari(1820–1876). Also, theSufipoets like Shamas Fakir, Wahab Khar, Soch Kral, Samad Mir, and Ahad Zargar. Among modern poets areGhulam Ahmad Mahjur(1885–1952),Abdul Ahad Azad(1903–1948), andZinda Kaul(1884–1965).During the 1950s, a number of welleducated youth turned to Kashmiri writing, both poetry and prose, and enriched modern Kashmiri writing by leaps and bounds. Among these writers areDinanath Nadim(1916–1988),Rahman Rahi,Ghulam Nabi Firaq, Ali Muhammed Shahbaz, Mushtaq Kashmiri,Amin Kamil(1923-2014),[3]Ali Mohd Lone,Autar Krishen Rahbar ( 1933- ), Akhtar Mohiuddin, Som Nath Zutshi, Muzaffar Aazim,[4]and Sarvanand Kaul 'Premi'. Some later day writers are Hari Krishan Kaul, Majrooh Rashid, Rattanlal Shant, Hirdhey Kaul Bharti,Omkar N Koul, Roop Krishen Bhat, Rafiq Raaz, Tariq Shehraz, Shafi Shauq, Nazir Jahangir, M H Zaffar, Shenaz Rashid,Shabir Ahmad Shabir, Nisar Azam, Shabir Magami,[5]Moti Lal Kemmu(playwright).Contemporary Kashmiri literatureappears in Sheeraza published by the Jammu & Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages, Anhar published by the Kashmirri Department of the Kashmir University, and an independent magazineNeab International Kashmiri Magazine[6]publishedfrom Boston,Vaakh(published by All India Kashmiri Samaj, Delhi) and Koshur Samachar( published by Kashmiri Sahayak Sammiti, Delhi).