| Prabhjot Kaur | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1924-07-06)6 July 1924 |
| Died | 24 November 2016(2016-11-24) (aged 92) |
| Occupation | Author |
Prabhjot Kaur (6 July 1924 – 24 November 2016), was a Punjabi author and poet.
Biography
She was born in Gujrat, British India.
Kaur married Narenderpal Singh, who was also a writer and novelist. 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
- Pabbī : Pañjābī kavitā-saṅkalana
- Zindagī de kujha pala
- Kiṇake
- Madhiāntara
- Candara yuga : kawitāwāṃ
- Khāṛī
- Kandhárí hawá
- Bolaṇa dī nahīṃ jā we aṛiā
Awards and honours
- Kaur, along with her husband Narenderpal Singh, won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1964 for her collection of poems, "Pabbi".
- Padma Shri award, 1967.
- "La Rose de France" award, 1968
- Poetry Society of America has decorated her with Distinguished Order of Poetry.
- Nominated to the Vidhan Parishad of Punjab.
- Member of UNESCO
References
- 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.
- "KAUR, PRABHJOT (1924 - ) - Famous Sikh personalities". 17 September 2016. Archived from the original on 17 September 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
- "Prabhjot Kaur worldcat". worldcat.org. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
- ^ "Punjabi poet Prabhjot Kaur passes away". tribuneindia.com.
- Dreams die young. OCLC 7548887. Retrieved 7 July 2016 – via worldcat.org.
- "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.