Rafiq Anjum


A pediatrician by profession, Dr. Rafique Anjum is an Urdu/Punjabi and Gojri poet, Islamic scholar and researcher of Jammu and Kashmir. He received state level award for Excellence in Literature in 2007, and is a member of General Council of Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages. He has served as Registrar and Consultant Pediatrician in GMC Strinagar and Consultant Paediatrician in JK Health services. Presently he is working as Asst. Professor in School of Islamic Studies and Languages at BGSBU.

Literary life

Anjum Awan is a poet and scholar of both Urdu and Gojri languages besides being a writer of English language. A number of his poetic collections both in Urdu and Gojri languages have earned him accolades across the sub-continent.
He represents the higher echelon of the modern Gojri scholarship.

Honours and awards

  1. Academy Best Book Award Dil Darya 1996.
  2. Himalayan Man Of Letters Award 1999.
  3. State Level Academy Award for Excellence in Literature 2007.
  4. Gujjar Gandhi Award 2017
  5. State Huaminity Award 2018
  6. Award for Excellence in Lierature 2019
  7. Life Member IAP Mumbai INDIA

    Publications

Creative writing

  1. Khwab Jazeeray 1993.
  2. Dil Darya 1995. Best book Award twice, 1996.
  3. Kora Kagaz 1996.
  4. Soghaat 2004.
  5. Kaash! 2005.
  6. Banjara 2007.
  7. ZANBEEL 2018
  8. CHITTI MITTI 2019

    Research and analysis

  9. Golden History Of Gojri Language And Literature.
  1. Soch Samandar 1994
  2. Ghazal Silony 1995
  3. Gojri Quotations.
  4. Basic Gojri Grammar

    Lexicography

  5. Gojri English Dictionary 2004 Best book Award 2007.
  6. Gojri Urdu English Dictionary 2007
  7. Gojri Kashmiri English Dictionary 2018
  8. Gojri Hindi English Dictionary