Draft:Majrooh Rashid (A R Malik)

Majrooh Rashid (Abdul Rashid Malik, born 17 February 1958) is an Indian poet and scholar from Jammu & Kashmir. He is a tri-lingual author, translator and educator and has written poetry, short stories and criticism in English, Kashmiri and Urdu.

Early Life and Education
He was born to Abdul Gani Malik in Arwani, Bijbehera, Jammu & Kashmir. He received his initial schooling in his village Arwani. He later did his graduation from Degree College Anantnag and completed his PhD in Kashmiri from the University of Kashmir.

Career and Positions Held
After completing his education, he served as a Lecturer in Jammu & Kashmir Education Department and later started teaching at the University of Kashmir. During his tenure at the University of Kashmir as Professor and Head of the Kashmiri Department, he provided guidance to over 15 PhD scholars. The most notable positions he held during his career are listed below:


 * Head of the Kashmiri Department, University of Kashmir
 * General Council Member of the Academy of Letters at Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi
 * Member of Jury at Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi.
 * General Council Member at the Academy of Art Culture and Languages Jammu and Kashmir.
 * Director Habba Khatun Center for Kashmiri Language and Literature, Islamic University of Science and Technology, Kashmir, 2021-23.
 * Convenor Kashmiri Bhasha, Birla Foundation, New Delhi, 2010-2022

Literary Work
Majrooh Rashid is a well known poet and critic who specializes in New Criticism and Archetypal Criticism. His works are recommended/taught at Undergraduate and Postgraduate levels. Some of his notable literary work includes the below:

Books:

 * Asri Kasher Shairi, 1995, a book about Criticism on Kashmiri Literature
 * Lassa Khan Fida, 1996, Sahatiya Akademi, a monograph on Lassa Khan Fida
 * Asad Mir, 1998, Sahatiya Akademi, a monograph on Asad Mir
 * Readings, 2006 and 2020, Essays on Kashmiri Literature.

Poems:

 * Creative Pieces – Poems, English Studies in India, 2017
 * Contemporary Kashmiri Poetry 1947-2010, Sahitya Akademi, 2016

Short Stories:

 * The Greatest Kashmiri Stories Ever Told (1 ed.), Aleph Book Company, 2022
 * Kath, Sahitya Akademi, 2011

Translations:

 * English Studies in India, 2015, Poems
 * Medieval Indian Literature, Sahitya Akademi, 1999
 * Modern Kashmiri Poetry Mehjoor and After, Sahitya Akademi, 2008

Awards:
Fazil Kashmiri Award 2019 for his outstanding contribution in the field of Kashmiri and Urdu literature

References:

 * https://www.exoticindiaart.com/book/details/contemporary-kashmiri-poetry-1947-2010-anthology-of-post-independence-indian-poetry-in-kashmiri-nak238/
 * https://www.kashmirpen.in/prof-rashid-majroohthe-educatorthe-polyglotthe-erudite/
 * https://scroll.in/article/1020867/kashmirs-stories-are-best-told-by-kashmiris-themselves-shows-this-anthology-of-short-fiction
 * https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/50947410
 * https://kashmiri.uok.edu.in/Main/JournalView.aspx?J=Anhaar&P=A
 * https://www.exoticindiaart.com/book/details/approaches-to-kashmir-studies-uai755/
 * https://archive.org/details/AsriKashirShairiDr.MajroohRashid
 * https://www.kashmirpen.in/whispers-of-eruditionprof-majrooh-rashids-enchanting-literary-symphony/