Prabhjot Kaur

Prabhjot Kaur
Prabhjot Kaur
Born	6 July 1924[1]
Died	24 November 2016 (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.[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

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

Kaur, along with her husband Narenderpal Singh, won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1964 for her collection of poems, "Pabbi".
Padma Shri award,[6] 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". worldcat.org. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
"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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[MalhotraArora2003-1] 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.

[tribune-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.