Prabhjot Kaur

Prabhjot Kaur (6 July 1924 – 24 November 2016), was a Punjabi author and poet. She was born in Gujrat, British India.[2][3][4]

Prabhjot Kaur
Born(1924-07-06)6 July 1924[1]
Died24 November 2016(2016-11-24) (aged 92)
OccupationAuthor

Personal life

Kaur married Narenderpal Singh, who was also a writer and novelist.[4]She lived in Defence Colony, New Delhi. She had two daughters, Anupama & Nirupma. Nirupma was married to Harinder Singh, son of Hukam Singh, First speaker of Parliament. Anupama was married to former Indian Army Chief J.J.Singh.

Books and poems
  • Plateau
  • Dreams die young[5]
  • Pabbī : Pañjābī kavitā-saṅkalana
  • Zindagī de kujha pala
  • Kiṇake
  • Madhiāntara
  • Candara yuga : kawitāwāṃ
  • Khāṛī
  • Kandhárí hawá
  • Bolaṇa dī nahīṃ jā we aṛiā

Awards

Kaur, along with her husband Narenderpal Singh, won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1964 for her collection of poems, "Pabbi". Kaur received the Padma Shri award[6] in 1967 and she won the coveted award of "La Rose de France"in 1968. Poetry Society of America has decorated her with Distinguished Order of Poetry.

Nomination
  • She was nominated to the Vidhan Parishad of Punjab.
  • She has also been a member of UNESCO


References
  1. R. P. Malhotra; Kuldeep Arora (2003). Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Punjabi Literature: A-L. Global Vision Publishing House. pp. 294–. ISBN 978-81-87746-52-2.
  2. "KAUR, PRABHJOT (1924 - ) - Famous Sikh personalities". 17 September 2016. Archived from the original on 17 September 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
  3. "Prabhjot Kaur worldcat". worldcat.org. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
  4. "Punjabi poet Prabhjot Kaur passes away". tribuneindia.com.
  5. "Dreams die young". worldcat.org. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
  6. "Year wise list of Padma Shri recipients - 1954 to 2014" (PDF). mha.nic.in. pp. Page 27 of 193 No. 42. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 November 2016. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
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