Shafkat Aziz Hajam is a poet, reviewer and co-author from India kashmir, District: Kupwara, Tehsil: Handwara, village: Kargama. He Is the author of a value based children’s poetry (rhyme book) titled as “The cuckoo’s voice”. He has also authored one adults’ poetry book titled as “The Unknown Wounded Heart “ and has written more than 100 funny limericks (five verses poems) for children. And one more Islamic Rhyme book titled as Tawheed Islamic Rhymes. His poems have appeared in local news papers like Headlines Today and Kashmir Reader and in international literary anthologies, magazines and journals like Inner Child Press International anthology USA, AZAHAR anthology, Spain, SAARC anthology, Wheel song anthology UK, Prodigy, digital literary magazine USA, PLOTS CREATIVES online literary magazine, USA and translated works in other anthology in Argentina and Lebanon. He has won a poetry contest of the month in the USA. He has reviewed many poetry books of renowned English writers. He has received many certificates of appreciation for participating in many foreign poetry contests. He has been interviewed on podcast by Maxwanette, chief in editor of the PLOTS CREATIVES online literary magazine, from Kismee , Florida, USA and by a Poetess Noreen Ann Synder, USA and has been selected for poetry recitation on UDAN TV, Bangladesh and interviewed by Chinar Radio 90.4 FM kashmir, District Baramullah, Sopore. Currently he is working as a private school English language teacher in a school namely AIIMS Secondary School located in his native town Handwara. His poems were published by The Global Nation news paper, Bangladesh. He was selected for poetry contest Award, Cosenza-Ciudad Federiciana in Italy.
