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| Famous poet & writer Amin Kamil passes away | | 
Jammu, October 30, (Scoop News)-Famous poet and writer Amin Kamil passed away in Jammu on Thursday morning. He was 90 years old.
Kamil was born at Kaprin, a village in South Kashmir. He graduated in Arts from the Punjab University and took his degree in Law from the Aligarh Muslim University.
He joined the Bar in 1947 and continued to practice Law till 1949, when he was appointed a Lecturer in Sri Pratap College, Srinagar. He was closely associated with the writers' movement of that time and under its influence switched over from Urdu to Kashmiri as his medium of expression.
Mr Kamil joined the State Cultural Academy when it was set up in 1958 and was appointed the Convener for Kashmiri language. He later became Editor for Kashmiri and edited the two journals of the Cultural Academy – Sheeraza and Son Adab with distinction for many years.
He retired from the service of the Cultural Academy in 1979.
His death is a irreparable loss to Kashmiri language.
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