Indian poet, broadcaster and media personality from the Indian Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir Farooq Nazki is dead.
Farooq Nazki Cause of death
Farooq Nazki died at the age of 83 at a hospital in Katra, on 6 February 2024. He died after suffering a heart attack. He had multiple health issues before his death. He was on dialysis for some time, as his lungs were suffering from a serious disease.
Farooq Nazki obituary information
Farooq Nazki’s funeral details are yet to be out.
However, 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. He also won the Jammu & Kashmir Academy of Culture, Art & Languages Best Book Award for his Kashmiri book. For Media contributions, he won the Gold Medal from J&K Government for Best Management of Electronic Media. Further, he won the Award for Best Media Controller in Asiad in 1982.
Source: Ghanafuo.com
