Prabhjot Kaur (6 July 1924 – 24 November 2016), was a Punjabi author and poet.

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

Biography

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She was born in Gujrat, British India.[2][3][4]

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

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  • 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 and honours

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References

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  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. ^ a b "Punjabi poet Prabhjot Kaur passes away". tribuneindia.com.
  5. ^ Dreams die young. OCLC 7548887. Retrieved 7 July 2016 – via worldcat.org.
  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.