THE FAMOUS POET HARBHAJAN SINGH

Harbhajan Singh was a Punjabi poet, critic, cultural commentator, and translator. Along with Amrita Pritam, Harbhajan is credited with revolutionising the Punjabi poetry writing style.Wikipedia

Born: August 18, 1920, Lumding Died: October 21, 2002 Books: Healing, prosperity and total excellence cook book

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Ajmer Singh Aulakh dedicated his life to theatre his work mostly depicts situations,issues and problems of a common man

Babu Rajab Ali was a noted Kavishar of Punjab, known as the King of Kavishari. 

Born: August 10, 1894 Died: May 6, 1979

Jaswant Singh Kanwal is a novelist, short story writer and essayist of the Punjabi language. He was born in the village of Dhudike, Moga District, Punjab, India. and has lived there ever since.

Sant Singh Sekhon was a Punjabi playwright and fiction writer. He is part of the generation of Indian authors who mark the transition of India into an independent nation, scarred by the tragedies of partition. 

Dr. Dalip Kaur Tiwana is a foremost novelist and short-story writer of contemporary Punjabi literature. 

Gurbaksh Singh Preetlari was a Punjabi novelist and short story writer with more than fifty books to his credit. He is also considered the father of modern Punjabi prose and received Sahitya Akademi Fellowship, New Delhi in 1971. 

Born: 1895 Died: 1977

Poetic Obituaries: Dr. Jagtar was widely credited for

Poetic Obituaries: Dr. Jagtar was widely credited for

being a stickler for meter and rhyme in his compositions, thereby imparting an old-word charm to them. He was conferred the Sahit Akademi Award in 1995 for his book "Jugnu Diva te Dariya”.

Other than this, his celebrated and critically acclaimed books on poetry include "Sheeshe da Jungle”, "Lahu de Naqsh”, "Dukh Pathri”, "Tilkhiyan Ranginian”, "Ruttan Rangliyan”, "Janjriyan vich ghiriya Samundar”, "Chunakri Sham” and "Mom de Log”.

 Punjabi writer and winner of Sahitya Akademi Award with Pashaura Singh Dhillon, poet, singer, and activist

Kulwant Singh Virk wrote in Punjabi and English. His short stories are translated into several other languages, including Russian and Japanese. After his M.A. degree, he graduated from law school, but chose not to practice. His writings bagged many awards. His short story compilation titled Dudh Da Chappar (A Pond of Milk) Nave Lok (New folks) won awards. He passed away in 1987 in Canada. Virk will always remain a legend for writing short stories innovatively.




 Kulwant Singh Virk Mr. Kulwant Singh Virk is a pioneer of contemporary literature. He wrote mostly in Punjabi but extensively in English as well. 

Born: May 20, 1921 Died: December 24, 1987

Narinder Singh Kapoor is an award-winning writer from Punjab, India. His writings are about social, cultural and psychological issues. He lives in Patiala, Punjab.

Born: March 6, 1944 (age 68), Rawalpindi

Kartar Singh Duggal was born on 1st March, 1917 in Dhamal, Rawalpindi district of present day Pakistan. He received his M.A. Honours in English at Forman Christian College in Lahore. He wrote in Punjabi, Urdu, English and Hindi. His unique writing has been translated into Indian and foreign languages. Duggal authored twenty four collections of short stories, ten novels, seven plays, seven works of literary criticism, along with two poetry collections and an autobiography. A Padma Bhushan awardee of the year 1988, he was also awarded the Sahitya Akademi fellowship, the highest accolade in the field of Indian literature. Many of his books have been taken up by Universities for graduate studies. He was an active member of different literary and cultural centers, heading as the President of Punjabi Sahitya Sabha in Delhi. 
 

Kartar Singh Duggal was an Indian writer who wrote in Punjabi, Urdu, Hindi, and English. His works include short stories, novels, dramas and plays. His works have been translated into Indian and foreign languages. 

Born: March 1, 1917, Rawalpindi District Died: January 26, 2012 Education: Forman Christian College Books: Birth of a song, night of the full moon and other stories,

Gulzar Singh Sandhu is a prominent Punjabi language writer. He won the prestigious Sahitya Akademi Award, given by the Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, for his short story collection, Amar Katha in 1982.

Born: 1935

Giani Gurdit Singh was born in Mithewal village in the state of Punjab. He was considered one of the greatest contemporary writers in Punjabi and his book Mera Pind is regarded as a classic. 

Born: February 24, 1923 Died: January 17, 2007 Origin: Punjab

Khushwant Singh ; born 2 February 1915) is a prominent Indian novelist and journalist. Singh's weekly column, "With Malice towards One and All", carried by several Indian newspapers, is among the most widely-read columns in the country. Wikipedia

Born: February 2, 1915 (age 97), Punjab region Education: King's College London, St. Stephen's College, Delhi, More Awards: Padma Vibhushan

 Surjit Patar is a Punjabi language writer and poet of East Punjab. He debuted in 1960s

Born: 1944, Patiala Education: Punjabi University, Guru Nanak Dev University

Prof. Pritam Singh was a famous Punjabi Philospher.Pritam singh was born in 1918.

Professor S. Gurdial Singh is a well-known Punjabi writer, novelist and story-writer from East Punjab. He started his literary career in 1957 with a short-story, Bhaganwale. Wikipedia

Born: 1933, Jaitu

Parents: Nihal Kaur, Jagat Singh

Nanak Singh (1897-1971), a prolific writer, has been called the father of the Punjabi novel. He made significant contributions to various literary genres. For him character was the determination of incident and incident the illustration of character. His greatest contribution to Punjabi fiction is its secularisation. He depicted excerpts from contemporary life, cloaked with a veil of romantic idealism.

Born in a poor family and deprived of a formal education, he started writing at a fairly early age. His first publication, a set of hymns written in 1918 in praise of the Sikh Gurus sold over a hundred thousand copies before he was 21.

Present at the infamous Jallianwala Bagh massacre in 1919, when British troops killed almost a thousand persons when they fired at an unsuspecting crowd of civilians who had gathered to protest in a local park, Nanak Singh was among the few who survived. He responded with 'Khooni Baisakhi', an epic poem that mocked at colonial rule and was therefore banned by the British government. Nanak Singh, drawn into India's freedom movement, was jailed in 1922 on charges of participation in unlawful political activities.

The months spent in captivity gave a new direction to Nanak's literary pursuits and over the next 47 years, he wrote an incredible 40,000 pages in immaculate, hand-written Gurmukhi (Punjabi) script.

 Recognition came in the form of a host of honours, including Punjab's highest literary award in 1960 and India's Sahitya Academy Award in 1962. (Seeing here receiving the award from Dr. Radha Krishanan, vice President of India) 

Amrita Pritam born as Amrita Kaur was a Punjabi writer and poet, considered the first prominent woman Punjabi poet, novelist, and essayist, and the leading 20th-century poet of the Punjabi language, ... Wikipedia

Born: August 31, 1919, Gujranwala Died: 2005, Delhi Books: Shadows of words =, Life and poetry of Sara Shagufta, other dimension Awards: Padma Vibhushan Movies: Pinjar