and Kaweyenewol. Awards and accordion In 1987, he became the receipent of Sahitya Akademi Award, a literary honour in India, for his poetry titled Awaz-e-dost. He, according to Mohammad Yousuf Taing was referred to as "Jamiulkamalat". Death Nazki was suffering from colorectal cancer, and was asked to for medical treatment. He refused to treat his disease and died on 16 April 1998 in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir. He is buried near Kathi Darwaza. References Notes 1910 births 1998 deaths Kashmiri poets Poets from Jammu and Kashmir Urdu-language poets from India Persian-language poets Arabic-language poets Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Kashmiri