Ajmer Singh Aulakh

Ajmer Singh Aulakh
Ajmer Singh Aulakh
	Ajmer Singh Aulakh
Born	19 August 1942; Village Kumbherwal, Dist. Sangrur, Indian Punjab
Died	15 June 2017 (aged 74); Mansa, Punjab, India
Nationality	Indian
Genre	drama
Spouse	Manjit Aulakh

Ajmer Singh Aulakh (19 August 1942 – 15 June 2017) was a renowned Punjabi playwright from Mansa district, Punjab.[1] He was born in 1942 at Kishangarh Urf Pharwahi, Mansa district, Punjab, India.

Books and plays

Aulakh published his first collection of one-act plays, Arbad narbad dhundukara i.e. 'Eons and Nebulae' in 1978.

collections of one-act plays

Arbad narbad dhundukara (Eons and Nebulae)
Begane bohar di chhan (Shade of the Alien Banyan)
Anhe nishanchi (Blind Shooters)
Gani [2]

plays

Ik Ramayan hor (One More Ramayana)*Niuṃ-jaṛa
Satt begaane
Kehar Singh di maut (Kehar Singh's Death)
Ishaka bājha namāza dā hajja nāhī [3]
Bhajian bahin (Broken Arms)
Ikka sī dariā
Jhanāṃ de pāṇī
Aise jana wirale sam̆sāre

Awards

He won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2006 for his book Ishaka bājha namāza dā hajja nāhī (Plays).[4]

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References

"Eminent Punjabi writer Ajmer Singh Aulakh passes away". tribuneindia.com. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
"Gānī". worldcat.org. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
"Ishaka bājha namāza dā hajja nāhī". worldcat.org. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
"Sahitya Akademi Award in 2006 for his book Ishaka bājha namāza dā hajja nāhī". sahitya-akademi.gov.in. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2016.

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[1] "Eminent Punjabi writer Ajmer Singh Aulakh passes away". tribuneindia.com. Retrieved 19 June 2017.

[2] "Gānī". worldcat.org. Retrieved 8 July 2016.

[3] "Ishaka bājha namāza dā hajja nāhī". worldcat.org. Retrieved 8 July 2016.

[4] "Sahitya Akademi Award in 2006 for his book Ishaka bājha namāza dā hajja nāhī". sahitya-akademi.gov.in. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2016.