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Born in Miani(Pakistan) and graduating from Srinagar (Kashmir), Malik served as a personal Assistant to prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru between 1947-48. He was the recipient of italian and French Government scholarships for art history between 19#-53i and studied in Columbia university, New York from1954-58. He served as the art and literary editor of Thought weekly from 1960-75 and Honorary Editor/Editor of Sahitya Akademi's bi-monthly journal Indian Literature from 1972-1984. He was art critic of The Hindustan Times! New Delhi from 1961-1972 and has been the art critic for The Times of India, New Delhi ever since 1977. He also edited Art and poetry, a quarterly, during the seventies and the eighties for seven years, was the poetry editor for Youth Times during 1973-75 and Honorary Editor Lalit Kala contemporary for 1984-85. He has contributed widely to several art and literary journals in India and other countries . Malik has lectured on Indian art and poetry in East and west Europe, Pakistan and South America between 1971-91 on innumerable occasions; he was commissioner of a major exhibition of contemporary Indian paintings to five European countries in 1973-74. He has delivered several prestigious lectures on the Arts & literature which the Bhadra Singh Memorial Lectures at the Manipur State Kala Akademi, Imphal & the Tagore Memorial Lectures, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, in 1984-85 & 1983 respectively. He was the member of the executive board of the lalit Kala akademi, New Delhi in 1981-85 & the first president of the Poetry Society India in 1984-1987. He has been a participant in many National & International seminars on art, culture & literature. His Publications include the following volumes
of verse:
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