Hailing from a small town Trehgam, in frontier district of Kupwara in northern Kashmir, a young Kashmiri writer, Zakir Malik, has published his maiden poetry work and is currently working on two books with an aim to bring a change in the society through his poetry that targets social evils and calls for transforming the society towards good.
Zakir Malik is emerging as a new face poetry fromm township Trehgam is son of a laborer having no major resource in life despite having done Post-Graduation in political science. Braving all odds, he has published his maiden poetry book titled as “The Wails of the woods” and is currently working on two more that would be published soon.
Malik is a poet, translator, reviewer, writer, critic, and a social campaigner. He has co-authored more than 10 poetry anthologies and is a permanent member at Jammu and Kashmir Innovative Foundation for Transformation Society.
